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Appointed president of the World Bank in 1995, James Wolfensohn struck it like a whirlwind, determined to reinvent the institution founded by Franklin Roosevelt and his World War II allies. Wolfensohn embraced debt relief for the poorest countries and put taboo subjects such as corruption on the development agenda.Sebastian Mallaby is the author of 'The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations', published 2005 under ISBN 9780300108019 and ISBN 030010801X.
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