The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sebastian MallabySeries:Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:2006-04-25Pages:496
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780143036791ISBN-10:143036793UPC:9780143036791Book Category:Business & Economics, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Banks & Banking, Development, Public PolicyBook Topic:Economic Development, Economic PolicySize:8.42 x 5.52 x 1.13 inchesWeight:0.99Product ID:SC90EQX2BP
Never has the World Bank's relief work been more important than in the last nine years, when crises as huge as AIDS and the emergence of terrorist sanctuaries have threatened the prosperity of billions. This journalistic masterpiece by Washington Post columnist Sebastian Mallaby charts those controversial years at the Bank under the leadership of James Wolfensohn--the unstoppable power broker whose daring efforts to enlarge the planet's wealth in an age of globalization and terror were matched only by the force of his polarizing personality. Based on unprecedented access to its subject, this captivating tour through the messy reality of global development is that rare triumph--an emblematic story through which a gifted author has channeled the spirit of the age. This edition features a new afterword by the author that analyzes the appointment of Paul Wolfowitz as Wolfensohn's successor at the World bank
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780143036791ISBN-10:143036793UPC:9780143036791Book Category:Business & Economics, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Banks & Banking, Development, Public PolicyBook Topic:Economic Development, Economic PolicySize:8.42 x 5.52 x 1.13 inchesWeight:0.99Product ID:SC90EQX2BP
Sebastian Mallaby is the author of several books, including The Power Law, More Money Than God, The Man Who Knew, and The World's Banker. A former Financial Times contributing editor and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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