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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Mallaby, Sebastian. World's banker. New York : Penguin Press, 2004 (OCoLC)647545224 |
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| Named Person: | James D Wolfensohn |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sebastian Mallaby; Council on Foreign Relations. |
| ISBN: | 1594200238 9781594200236 |
| OCLC Number: | 55085779 |
| Notes: | "A Council on Foreign Relations book." |
| Description: | 462 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The prisoner of Lilliput -- A tale of two ambitions -- "World Bank murderer" -- The Renaissance president -- A twister in Africa -- Mission Sarajevo -- Narcissus and the octopus -- The cancer of corruption -- Uganda's myth and miracle -- A framework for development -- From Seattle to Tibet -- Waking up to terror -- A plague upon development -- Back to the future -- A lion at Carnegie. |
| Responsibility: | Sebastian Mallaby. |
Abstract:
Provides a revealing look inside the workings of the World Bank and the realities of global development under the leadership of the colorful James Wolfensohn, examining the changing role of the World Bank in a new era of globalization and international terrorism.
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- Wolfensohn, James D.
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