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The world's banker : a story of failed states, financial crises, and the wealth and poverty of nations
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The world's banker : a story of failed states, financial crises, and the wealth and poverty of nations

Author: Sebastian Mallaby; Council on Foreign Relations.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Looks inside the workings of the World Bank and global development under the leadership of James Wolfensohn, examining the role of the World Bank in a new era of globalization and international terrorism.
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Mallaby, Sebastian.
World's banker.
New York : Penguin Press, 2004
(OCoLC)647545224
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.

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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  Read more...

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