Global Burden of Disease
The term "global burden of disease" was coined by epidemiologists and economists who were studying international variations in the patterns of disability-adjusted life expectancy for the World Bank in 1993. They used the term as a numerical ... [... more]
Healthline |
A Chance for the World Bank (Anthem Studies in ...
 Book Description: This book is an authoritative and radical manifesto for urgently needed changes in development cooperation. A Chance for the World Bank provides an overview of the challenges faced by the World Bank, and explores how it has organized [... more]
$26.95
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Nowhere to Turn
Economic policymakers around the world are running out of tools to boost the flagging global economy, said the World Bank in a report last week. The bank said the U.S. Federal Reserve, the world's most influential central bank, has little room ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Professor Stiglitz and Lord Keynes
The newest issue of The Nation herald's the 2001 Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz as a "rebel with a cause." That characterization is certainly a stretch for an economist, who is former senior vice president of the World Bank and who adheres to .. [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
The World Bank & International Finance Corporation
The World Bank & International Finance Corporation [... more]
$40.54
A1 Books |
The World Bank: New Agendas in a Changing World
This book considers the nature of change at the World Bank by exploring the impact of both external factors and its internal organization and culture, supported by case studies of its key agendas. [... more]
$135.69
A1 Books |
The World Bank and the Environmental Challenge
The World Bank and the Environmental Challenge [... more]
$3.60
A1 Books |
Reform & Growth: Evaluating the World Bank Experience
Although the quest for growth remains as elusive as it was more than a decade ago, there is now much greater consensus on the policies and institutional changes that are needed to foster growth and economic development. But debate continues on the timing, [... more]
$65.09
A1 Books |
Markets are (still) interconnected... - Investing
On October 19th, 1987 I remember I was in the trading room of the World Bank. During that day I observed some unusual activity but did not get around to realize what was happening. I had joined the Investment Department of the World Bank only a ... [... more]
Bella Online |
World-Bank Schism
In "Redrawing the Map" (New York Times, June 25th, Week in Review p. 5) Joseph Kahn discusses the World Bank's "World Development Report." The focus of the article is on the "schism [at the World Bank] over how to fight poverty& [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Potter Style
Who says money can't buy you love? Issued by the "World Bank of Savings and Love" these playful checks offer a diverse portfolio of options for the shy and adventurous alike, with fill-in-the-blanks and check-box prompts. The checkbook includes [... more]
Random House |
Invested Interests: Capital, Culture, and the World Bank
Beginnings of a deeper way to understand the World Bank: Postcolonial critic Benjamin focuses on the World Bank in a way that diverges from most critiques. While most left authors see the Bank as simply the logical expression of certain capitalist [... more]
$22.50
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