Banking on the Future: Global Development and the World Bank

Ray Suarez
Ray Suarez is the host of American Public Media's documentary unit, American RadioWorks. He's also a senior correspondent for "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS. He also hosts a documentary/news magazine "America Abroad."
Photo courtesy of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Ray Suarez explores the role of the World Bank in global development and the challenges it faces today.

Featuring interviews with Nancy Birdsall, president of the Center for Global Development, Ashraf Ghani, former Afghan finance minister and Francois Bourguignon, chief economist of the World Bank.

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