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The World Bank and the gods of lending / Steve Berkman.

by Berkman, Steve, 1933-

Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2008. 2008.

World Bank -- History.

9781565492592 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1565492595 (pbk. : alk. paper)

xvii, 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Introduction: Broken promises and the gods of lending -- Managing for mediocrity -- The economist managers -- Confucius and the Bank -- Feeding the beast -- Groping in the dark -- And darkness was upon the face of the implementers -- A very special account -- Playing with the books -- "C" is for corruption -- As the train left the station -- A new regime -- The Potemkin village -- Death by a thousand cuts -- Alhaji the car dealer -- Bigger than Wal-Mart -- Lamin tells all -- In the eye of the beholder -- And the dance begins -- The fifty-year dilemma -- The cost of corruption -- So easy to steal -- The essence of knowledge -- Reporting the truth -- Money can't buy happiness -- Taming the gods of lending.

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