The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Автор:Sebastian Mallaby Год: 2006 Издание:Penguin (Non-Classics) Страниц: 496 ISBN: 9780143036791, 0143036793 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.
