"The Dinosaur Among Us: The World Bank and its Path to Extinction" on September 6 at 12:00pm in J1-050

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| | By Jeffrey C. Hooke |
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| | and failed states - pose major problems, |
| | bettering Third World economies is vitally |
| | important to the West. The author argues |
| | that a principal tool in this effort, the |
| | World Bank, is squandering opportunities |
| | and refusing to adapt to changing |
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
12:00pm
World Bank J Building, J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

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Introduced by
Cinnamon Dornsife
Associate Director, International Development Program at SAIS of Johns Hopkins
University
Ms. Dornsife is a senior executive, negotiator and advocate with
nearly thirty years experience in international banking, economic
development and foreign policy. Currently, she is serving on the
faculty and as Associate Director, International Development
Program, at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International
Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, she sits on
the Bretton Woods Committee and the Boards of Directors for the
Development Executive Group, the Japan America Institute for
Management Sciences, First Voice International and the Board
of Advisors for the US-Indonesia Society. Ms. Dornsife consults
in the fields of development policy, aid effectiveness, strategic
philanthropy, international financial policy and sustainable
economic development.

Presented by Author
Jeffrey Hooke
Mr. Hooke spent six years at the World Bank. Now a consultant, he
was formerly a director of Emerging Markets Partnership, an
investment officer of the Bank, and an investment banker with Lehman
Brothers. The author of three previous books on finance, he has
taught at several universities and has written studies for public
policy groups such as the Reason Foundation.

Comments by
Vinay Bhargava
Former World Bank Director
Mr. Bhargava is an author, professor, and consultant in the areas of
governance, global issues and international financial institutions.
Currently, he is a consultant to the World Bank and serves as
Adviser to the Partnership for Transparency Fund, and as a member of
the Professional Advisory Council for the Gerald H. Read Center for
International and Intercultural Education at Kent State University,
USA. In 2007, Mr. Bhargava was Senior Advisor for Public Sector
Governance and External Affairs at the World Bank. From 2002 to
2006, he was Director of International Affairs and Operations at the
World Bank.From 1997-2001 he was the World Bank Country Director for
the Philippines.He has taught at the Georgetown, American, Horshima
and Kobe Universities. Mr. Bhargava is the lead author of Combating
Corruption in the Philippines, (published in 2000), and Challenging
Corruption in Asia. He was editor of Global Issues for Global
Citizens, published by the World Bank in September 2006. He has
contributed a chapter to the book The Many Faces of Corruption,
published by the World Bank in 2007.

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