The Dinosaur Among Us: The World Bank and its Path to Extinction
By Jeffrey C. Hooke
As poverty's two stepchildren - terrorism 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 conditions.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
12:00pm
World Bank J Building, JB1- 080
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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