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

Lucy – first Mother of Humankind: Her epic true story cast as a fable in poetics

Sanghvi, Arun, 1992

An epic retelling of the momentous discovery in the annals...

Evaluation for Transformational Change: Opportunities and challenges for the Sustainable Development Goals

van den Berg, Rob D., Cristina Magro, and Silvia Salinas Mulder (eds), 2019

The fifth book in the publication series of IDEAS and the se...

Climate Change: Everything You Want - and Don't Want - to Know

Margulis, Sergio, 2025

Climate Change: Everything You Want – and Don’t Want –...

Fantasies, Imagining and Memories

Waide, Pu-Chin, 2019

This is a collection of little short stories, some of which ...

Hong Cheng: Memoirs of a Turbulent Life through Rose-Tinted Dust Storm

Waide, Pu-Chin Hsueh, 2015

Hong Memoirs of a Turbulent Life through Sunlight-tinted Red...

Effective Pandemic Response: Linking Evidence, Intervention, Politics, Organization, and Governance, (World Scientific Series in Global Health Economics and Public Policy)

Berman (editor-in-chief), Peter, 2025

This 3-volume reference set contributes new thinking and evi...