Sebastian Mallaby
Sebastian Christopher Peter Mallaby (born May 1964) is an English journalist and author, Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and contributing columnist at ''The Washington Post''. ...
's ''The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations'' (2004) (The World's Banker)
is a financial biography book. British journalist Mallaby is a highly ranked member of the
Council on Foreign Relations
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,
working in international economics.
Summary
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
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*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
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of Paul H. Nitze Scho ...
Reception
"Mallaby gives us a sophisticated, evenhanded take on the bank's last decade of development efforts."
"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."
Editions
*''The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations''.
Penguin Press
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, October, 2004. Hardcover USA.
1st ed.
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
pages: 432.
*''The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations''.
Penguin Press
Penguin Group is a British trade book publisher and part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The new company was created by a merger that was finalised on 1 July 2013, with Bertelsmann initiall ...
, October 2004.
Paperback
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1st ed.
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
pages: 432.
*''The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations''.
Penguin Press
Penguin Group is a British trade book publisher and part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The new company was created by a merger that was finalised on 1 July 2013, with Bertelsmann initiall ...
, April 25, 2006. Hardcover USA.
2nd ed. pages: 496.
This edition features a new afterword by the author that analyzes the appointment of
Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of Paul H. Nitze Scho ...
as Wolfensohn's successor at the World bank.
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Kindle other
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editions.
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Audiobook
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edition by
Audible Audio.
See also
*"James David Wolfensohn". World Bank. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November
* World Bank biography; retrieved 7 May 2008
References
External links
''After Words'' interview with Mallaby on ''More Money Than God'', August 28, 2010
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2010 non-fiction books
Finance books
Business books
Penguin Press books