World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

Title: World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Author: Sebastian Mallaby
Economics: 1655012
ISBN: 9780143036791
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint edition
Section: Business & Economics | Banks & Banking
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Publisher Description: 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