The World's Banker
| Author | Sebastian Mallaby |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Economic development, Finance, Foreign Policy , World Bank, International finance |
| Publisher | Penguin Press |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Media type | Print: hardback |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 1594200238 |
| Preceded by | After Apartheid (1992) |
| Followed by | More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (2010) |
Sebastian Mallaby's The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (2004) (The World's Banker)[1] is a financial biography book. British journalist Mallaby is a highly ranked member of the Council on Foreign Relations,[2] working in international economics.
Summary
[edit]Mallaby follows a formula in his books, using each chapter to focus on a different geographic concern related to the world bank during the tenure of J.D. Wolfensohn.
- Preface: The Prisoner of Lilliput
- Chapter One: A Tale of Two Ambitions - concerns the outlook of U.S. president after the attacks.
- 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
- Afterword: regarding the appointment of successor Paul Wolfowitz
Reception
[edit]"Mallaby gives us a sophisticated, evenhanded take on the bank's last decade of development efforts."[3]
"Mallaby, a Washington Post editorial writer, provides a sympathetic yet critical assessment of the World Bank under Wolfensohn's leadership, crediting him for bringing the bank much closer to its developing-country clients but faulting him for trying to take on too wide a scope of activity without a clear and manageable set of priorities." [4]
Editions
[edit]- The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Penguin Press, October, 2004. Hardcover USA. ISBN 1594200238 1st ed. pages: 432.
- The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Penguin Press, October 2004. Paperback. ISBN 978-0-300-11676-2 1st ed. pages: 432.
- The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Penguin Press, April 25, 2006. Hardcover USA. ISBN 978-0143036791 2nd ed. pages: 496.
This edition features a new afterword by the author that analyzes the appointment of Paul Wolfowitz as Wolfensohn's successor at the World bank.
- Kindle other electronic book editions.
- Audiobook edition by Audible Audio.
See also
[edit]- "James David Wolfensohn". World Bank. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November[5]
- World Bank biography; retrieved 7 May 2008[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "The World's Banker", Council on Foreign Relations, October 2006, retrieved 2 February 2022
- ^ "sebastian mallaby", Academic Influence, 2018, retrieved 2 February 2022
- ^ Drezner, Daniel W. (5 December 2004), "'The World's Banker': Give to the Poor", New York Times, retrieved 2 February 2022
- ^ Cooper, Richard N. (January 2005), "'The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations", Foreign Affairs, retrieved 2 February 2022
- ^ World Bank biography; retrieved 7 May 2022
- ^ "James David Wolfensohn". World Bank. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.