Conable, Barber Benjamin, Jr.
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American politician (b. Nov. 2, 1922, Warsaw, N.Y.—d. Nov. 30, 2003, Sarasota, Fla.), served as a Republican congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1985 and in 1986 was appointed president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or World Bank. In that position, which he held until 1991, he reorganized the bank's bureaucracy, saw to the doubling of the amounts available to less-developed countries, made the environmental impact of projects a priority, and created women's economic programs.
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