The World Bank
Subtitle: Structure and Policies (Global Economic Institutions)
Contributors: Christopher L. Gilbert (Editor); David Vines (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780521790956
Subjects: Banking; Globalization; International economics; International - Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Banks & Banking; Business & Economics / Banks & Banking; Business & Economics / Economics / International; Business & Economics : International - Economics; Political Science : Public Policy - Economic Policy; World Bank World Bank; Economics - Macroeconomics; World Bank
First sentence: The World Bank (henceforth 'the Bank') is an institution whose objective is the promotion, world-wide, of sustainable economic development and poverty reduction.