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The World's Banker

A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

By Sebastian Mallaby

By Sebastian Mallaby

By Sebastian Mallaby

By Sebastian Mallaby

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    About The World’s Banker

    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

    Read Sebastian Mallaby’s new book, The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan.

    About The World’s Banker

    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

    Read Sebastian Mallaby’s new book, The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan.

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    About Sebastian Mallaby

    Sebastian Mallaby has been a Washington Post columnist since 1999. From 1986 to 1999, he was on the staff of The Economist, serving in Zimbabwe, London, and Japan, and as the magazine’s Washington bureau chief. He spent 2003 as a… More about Sebastian Mallaby

    About Sebastian Mallaby

    Sebastian Mallaby has been a Washington Post columnist since 1999. From 1986 to 1999, he was on the staff of The Economist, serving in Zimbabwe, London, and Japan, and as the magazine’s Washington bureau chief. He spent 2003 as a… More about Sebastian Mallaby

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Economics | Management

    Paperback | $22.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 25, 2006 | 496 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143036791

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 25, 2006 | 496 Pages | ISBN 9781101666586

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    Praise

    “A sophisticated, evenhanded take on the [World Bank’s] last decade of development efforts… Illuminating… heartbreaking… a fascinating narrative.” —The New York Times

    “An excellent read… [Mallaby] has a talent for brilliant writing and penetrating analysis.” —Financial Times

    Table Of Contents

    Preface: The Prisoner of Lilliput

    Chapter One: A Tale of Two Ambitions

    Chapter Two: “World Bank Murderer”

    Chapter Three: The Renaissance President

    Chapter Four: A Twister in Africa

    Chapter Five: Mission Sarajevo

    Chapter Six: Narcissus and the Octopus

    Chapter Seven: The Cancer of Corruption

    Chapter Eight: Uganda’s Myth and Miracle

    Chapter Nine: A Framework for Development

    Chapter Ten: From Seattle to Tibet

    Chapter Eleven: Waking Up to Terror

    Chapter Twelve: A Plague upon Development

    Chapter Thirteen: Back to the Future

    Chapter Fourteen: A Lion at Carnegie

    Acknowledgments

    Notes

    Index

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