Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics, Word Bank Human Development Network
invite you to the launch of a recent Routledge publication
The World Bank:
From reconstruction to development to equity
by Katherine Marshall
Today, the World Bank aspires to be the world?s premier development institution.
Its credo is captured by the bold phrase at the front of its headquarters: ?Our
dream is a world free of poverty.? In practice, the World Bank is involved in
virtually every facet of development, and is major actor in countries that seek
its support and partnership and in the development community at-large. As part
of a series on ?global institutions,? the book captures the institution?s
history and reflects the insights of an individual, Katherine Marshall, whose
experience at the Bank spans more than half of its lifetime.
For more information about the book or to order it online, please click here.
This book combines a thorough overview of where the Bank comes from, how it
works, its challenges, and its mission and vision. Written by someone who knows
the Bank deeply and intimately, it is honest, informative and insightful. It
offers both an interpretation of this complex institution and a map of where its
future lies.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of WBG, and Former Minister of Finance
and Foreign Affairs of Nigeria
It is immensely readable, and infused with a lively appreciation of the World
Bank?s peculiar quirks and complexities. Often maligned and even more
frequently misunderstood, the Bank plays a critical role both in global
governance and global development policy. Katherine Marshall is an able and
authoritative guide to its many rules and roles.
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs at Princeton University
Tuesday, April 29
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
*RSVP REQUIRED* Please send an email to infoshopevents.org
PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Katherine Marshall
Ms. Marshall is a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University?s Berkley Center for
Religion, Peace and World Affairs and Visiting Professor in the Government
Department. She worked for 35 years at the World Bank in a wide range of
positions and regions, most recently as Director and Counselor to the President
in the Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics.
DISCUSSED BY
John Clark
Lead Social Development Specialist, EASSO, World Bank
Mr. Clark is currently Lead Social Development Specialist for East Asia in the
World Bank. He has focused particularly on governance, poverty and civil
society issues in Cambodia and Indonesia, and also spent 8 months in Aceh
working on tsunami reconstruction, especially regarding donor coordination.
Before that he took a four year absence from the Bank in which he worked in the
United Nations Secretary-General?s office (as project director for the
high-level panel on UN-civil society relations), was Visiting Fellow at the
London School of Economics, and served on a task force advising the British
Prime Minister about Africa.
Chad Dobson
Executive Director, Bank Information Center
Mr. Dobson joined the Bank Information Center (BIC) as Executive Director in
December, 2007. Mr. Dobson founded BIC in 1987 and was Executive Director until
1996. He then founded and directed the Consumers Choice Council to protect
labeling systems (organic, fair trade, Marine Stewardship Council, Forest
Stewardship Council) during the initial development of the World Trade
Organization. At Oxfam America, where he was Director of Policy since 2003, Mr.
Dobson was responsible for developing the organization?s Washington presence,
and his portfolio included the Fair Trade campaign, extractive industries work
and policy and advocacy activity associated with humanitarian relief. Mr. Dobson
is currently on the board of the International Relations Center, the Forest
People?s Programme/World Rainforest Movement, Green Seal, and the Herbert
Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship.
Werner Kiene
Chairperson, Inspection Panel, World Bank
Mr. Kiene was appointed to the Inspection Panel in November 2004 and became
Chairman of the Panel in 2007. He has held leadership positions with the Ford
Foundation and German Development Assistance. In 1994, Mr. Kiene became the
founding Director of the Office of Evaluation of the United Nations World Food
Programme (UN WFP). He was the World Food Programme Country Director for
Bangladesh from 1998 through 2000 and also served as UN Resident Coordinator
during that period. From 2000 to 2004 he was a Representative of the UN WFP in
Washington, D.C.
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