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The World Bank is assailed by critics as being ineffective, unaccountable, undemocratic, or illegitimate. Most damning of all, the Bank is dismissed as irrelevant in a global economy where private capital, production, and ideas dominate. But the world needs a strong World Bank, working with international institutions to manage development and the related global challenges of the 21st century. The first part of Rescuing the World Bank is a CGD working group report delivered to Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on his first day in office in June 2005. The second is comprised of selected essays that represent a rich array of experiences and views on how best to help the Bank move forward.

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Nancy Birdsall is the founding president of the Center for Global Development. Prior to launching the center, Birdsall was senior associate and director of the Economic Reform Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From 1993 to 1998, Birdsall was executive vice president of the Inter-American Development Bank.

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