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| | by Katherine Marshall |
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| Tuesday, April | Today, the World Bank aspires to be the |
| 29 | world?s premier development institution. |
| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | Its credo is captured by the bold phrase |
| World Bank J | at the front of its headquarters: ?Our |
| Building | dream is a world free of poverty.? In |
| Auditorium | practice, the World Bank is involved in |
| J1-050 | virtually every facet of development, and |
| 701 18th Street, | is major actor in countries that seek its |
| NW | support and partnership and in the |
| Washington, DC | 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. |
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| | For more information about the book or to |
| | order it online, please click here. |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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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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