Editing Robert McNamara (section)

=== Tenure ===
In his 13 years at the Bank, he introduced key changes, most notably, shifting the Bank's economic development policies toward targeted poverty reduction. Prior to his tenure at the World Bank, poverty did not receive substantial attention as part of international and national economic development; the focus of development had been on industrialization and infrastructure. Poverty also came to be redefined as a condition faced by people rather than countries. According to Martha Finnemore, the World Bank under McNamara's tenure "sold" states poverty reduction "through a mixture of persuasion and coercion."{{sfn|Finnemore|1996|p=89–97}} McNamara negotiated, with the conflicting countries represented on the Board, a growth in funds to channel credits for development, in the form of health, food, and education projects. He also instituted new methods of evaluating the effectiveness of funded projects. One notable project started during McNamara's tenure was the effort to prevent [[river blindness]].<ref name="WBtribute" />{{sfn|Hotez|2007|p=1979–1980}}

The World Bank currently has a [[World Bank Scholarship|scholarship]] program under his name.<ref name=WBscholarship>{{cite web|access-date=2007-05-26|url=http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/mcnamara.html|title=Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program|work=Scholarships|publisher=World Bank|archive-date=July 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717113820/http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/mcnamara.html|url-status=live}}</ref>