The World Bank ― From Reconstruction to Development to Equity

The World Bank is one of the most important and least understood major international institutions. The fully updated second edition of this book continues to provide the most concise, accessible and comprehensive overview of the World Bank's history, development, structure, functionality and activities.

Updates for the new edition include:

• Extensive updating of data and charts throughout

• reflection on the changes over the past five years including the current reorganization of the Bank itself

• a new section that describes the ongoing changes under the leadership of Jim Yong Kim.

Illustrated throughout with a wide variety of case studies drawn from the Bank's international activities, this is an essential guide for all students.

Katherine Marshall is a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University and Visiting Professor in the Government Department. As a long time development specialist focused on the worlds poorest countries, she worked for over 35 years with the World Bank and continues to serve as a senior advisor. For the past decade she has focused her work on issues around the links between development and religion. She is a visiting professor at the University of Cambodia, and is a member of the International Niwano Peace Prize selection committee.