Book Repository

This Repository is a searchable database of all books produced by alumni in their personal capacity, after they retired from the World Bank Group. The Repository is designed to enhance our members’ awareness of books published by fellow retirees and provide easy access to them. It includes live links and information on books by retirees on any topic, in any genre, and any language. The Repository is limited to books that (1) are published after retirement from the WBG; (2) are not part of a consultancy or work assignment at another MDB or IFI; and (3) are publicly available (as a free download, or at cost).

To add books to the Repository send an email to 1818Society@wbgalumni.org with information about the book and the web link where it can be found.

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Recent Additions

Margot: An Epic Novel of Love and War

Julian Grenfell, 2004

Her marriage in 1939 to Lieutenant Charles Walter FitzEdward...

Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More

Charles Kenny, 2011

As the income gap between developed and developing nations g...

From Alliance to Coalitions: The Future of Transatlantic Relations

Caio, K., Werner Weidenfeld, C. Fred Bergsten, Walther Stultzte, and John Hamre (eds) Koch-Weser, 2004

The transatlantic relationship between Europe and the United...

Salar al-Dowleh: A Delusional Prince and Wannabe Shah

Willem Floor, 2018

Salar al-Dowleh, the madcap prince and serial rebel, was a r...

The Persian Gulf: Khark: The Island's Untold Story

Willem, and D.T. Potts Floor, 2017

The island of Khark was an important link in Persian Gulf na...

The Persian Gulf: Bushehr: City, Society & Trade, 1797-1947

Willem Floor, 2016

This book discusses the political and economic history of th...