Global Life
- 作者
- 出版社 Perseus
- 出版时间 2008年9月 第1版
- ISBN 9781586482558
- 定价 259.00
内容简介
Thisistheautobiographyofthelarger-than-life,visionaryfinancierandphilanthropistwholedtheWorldBankthroughoneofitsmostintenseandtumultuousdecadesinthestruggleagainstglobalpoverty.AsPresidentoftheWorldBankforadecade,JamesWolfensohntackledglobalpovertyanditsconsequenceswithapassionandenergythatmadehimauniquelyimportantfigureinthisfundamentalarenaofchange.Nowtherenownedfinancier,philanthropistandpubliccitizenwritesofhislifeandhisbeliefsinanautobiographywithinternationalappeal.BorninAustralia,WolfensohnwasanOlympicfencer,askilledcellistandamanofsurpassingimaginationanddrive,whowaseducatedattheUniversityofSydneyandatHarvardandbecameaprominentbankerinLondonandNewYork.HeservedaschairmanoftheKennedyCentreandCarnegieHallandamassedareputationforeffectiveleadershipintheprivateandnon-profitsectors.ButitwashistenureattheWorldBankthatmadehimaninternationalforce.SinceitscreationafterWorldWarII,thebankhaspouredhundredsofbillionsofdollarsintoprojectstoalleviatepoverty.Attimesithasbeenseenasasymbolofwhatcanbedone.Attimes,ithasbeenasymboloffrustrationandmisunderstanding.Inhiswork,andinthisbook,Wolfensohnexploresthecausesofcontinuingpovertyandhisapproachtofightingit.Usingalifetimeofexperienceinthebankingsector,Wolfensohnmotivated,devised,schemed,charmedandbulliedalltheconstituenciesathiscommandtoincreasetheworld'swealth.Hereheassesseshissuccessesandhisfailures.ThebookisalsoanexplorationofWolfensohn'spersonalityandcharacter.AsaJew,hefacedanti-SemitisminthemerchantbankingworldofLondon,asanAustralian,henavigatedNewYorkandWashingtonwithuncommonskillandasaninternationalpublicservant,hehascarvedadistinctpathinAsia,AfricaandEuropeforthebank.Mostrecently,hewasaspecialenvoyinmanagingthetransitionintheaftermathofIsrael'swithdrawalfromGaza,anundertakingthat,fornow,hascollapsed.Wolfensohnisablunt,incisive,colourfulfigureandbrilliantthinker.Thisisthestoryofanastonishingcareerandanendlesslyfascinatingpersonality.
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