ISBN: 9798178353271 - the world bank: from origin and before to today (αω∞, band 1) (4 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - From Origin and Before to Today is its complete story, told in plain language: ? ORIGINS - the 1944 conference that built it, the forgotten 1947 power struggle that made the presidency, the Aswan shock that taught the institution its place - and how four sister institutions (IDA, IFC, MIGA, ICSID) were bolted on across forty years.? THE MACHINE - step by step: how a loan travels from idea to disbursement, how a 25-seat board approves by silence, how $233 billion of 'callable capital' no one has ever called underwrites a perfect credit rating, and how a staff-only formula gives Ethiopia $3.9 billion a year while twenty-three African nations share one vote.? THE PRESIDENTS - all thirteen: McNamara's empire of expertise, the corruption war that nearly split the institution, the only president ever expelled, the ranking killed for doctored data, and the current president's seat on the US-led Board of Peace.? THE CASEBOOK - every documented scandal and corruption network, named and evidence-tagged: the project rated 'satisfactory' for fourteen years while 62% of its transactions were fraudulent; the pipeline that funded arms; the $1.45 billion loan whose fine print gave one trading house 90% of a nation's oil revenue; the bribery trial unfolding in London as of September 2026.? THE PATTERNS & THE FIX - seven structural forces that explain eighty years of headlines, and every reform blueprint on record: named, sourced, priced.The achievement record is given full weight - river blindness halted, 1.1 billion children vaccinated, $42 billion keeping Ukraine's government running. The failure record is given equal care. Sources: court records, congressional reports, the Bank's own evaluations, and live proceedings stated as of September 2026.The closing argument fits in one line: keep the machine, change the governors.…

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