TheWorld'sBanker

作者 Sebastian Mallaby著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 2006年4月
ISBN 9780143036791
定价 156.60

内容简介

NeverhastheWorldBankasreliefworkbeenmoreimportantthaninthelastnineyears,whencrisesashugeasAIDSandtheemergenceofterroristsanctuarieshavethreatenedtheprosperityofbillions.Thisjournalisticmasterpieceby"WashingtonPost"columnistSebastianMallabychartsthosecontroversialyearsattheBankundertheleadershipofJamesWolfensohnatheunstoppablepowerbrokerwhosedaringeffortstoenlargetheplanetaswealthinanageofglobalizationandterrorwerematchedonlybytheforceofhispolarizingpersonality.Basedonunprecedentedaccesstoitssubject,thiscaptivatingtourthroughthemessyrealityofglobaldevelopmentisthatraretriumphaanemblematicstorythroughwhichagiftedauthorhaschanneledthespiritoftheage.

作者简介

SebastianMallabyhasbeenaWashingtonPostcolumnistsince1999.From1986to1999,hewasonthestaffofTheEconomist,servinginZimbabwe,London,andJapan,andasthemagazine'sWashingtonbureauchief.Hespent2003asaFellowattheCouncilonForeignRelationsandhaswrittenforForeignAffairs,ForeignPolicy,TheNewYorkTimes,andTheNewRepublic,amongothers.

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