As Washington struggles to reach an agreement on the proposed bailout, and Wall Street awaits its future, AEI scholars offer insights into what is needed to protect the financial system.

As the role of the World Bank diminishes, capital fromprivate lendersto developing nations has increased by three hundred times.

Vigilante non-governmental organisations have become the de facto regulators of the flow of finance to the developing world.

Developing economies no longer orbit around the International Monetary Fund.

Purposes should not be confused with mechanics. The Bank must accept that it is in the development business, not the banking business.

The World Bank should be restructured in order to meet the development needs of the poorest countries it was originally designed to assist.

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Why all countries will come together more and more to hold the World Bank accountable for its questionable practices.