TABLE OF CONTENTS BESTSELLERS OF THE MONTH |  1. |  | The Growth Report | |  2. |  | Doing Business 2009 | |  3. |  | Fixing Global Finance, by Martin Wolf | |  4. |  | The Bottom Billion, by Paul Collier | |  5. |  | China's Rise, by Fred C. Bergsten et al | |  6. |  | Innovative Financing for Development | |  7. |  | Hot, Flat and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman | |  8. |  | Rethinking Bank Regulation, by Caprio and Barth | |  9. |  | Common Wealth, by Jeffrey Sachs | |  10. |  | Guide to the World Bank | |  11. |  | The Little Data Book 2008 | |  12. |  | The Age of Turbulence, by Alan Greenspan | |  13. |  | Economic Gangsters, by Fisman and Miguel | |  14. |  | White Man's Burden, by William Easterly | |  15. |  | Voice for the World's Poor | |  16. |  | The Many Faces of Corruption | |  17. |  | Atlas of Global Development | |  18. |  | The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama | |  19. |  | Banking on Basel, by Daniel K. Tarullo | |  20. |  | Africa at a Turning Point? |
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 UPCOMING EVENTS AT INFOSHOP | Book Launch |  | "China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities" | | Date/Time:  |  | Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 3:00 pm | | Venue:   |  | JB1-080 (701 18th Street NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.) | | Presented by: |  | C. Fred Bergsten, Charles Freeman, Nicholas Lardy, Derek Mitchell, and Danny Leipziger | |  |  | | | Panel Discussion |  | "Domestic Violence: What You May Not Know" | | Date/Time:  |  | Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:00 pm | | Venue:  |  | J1-050 (701 18th Street NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.) | | Presented by:  |  | Aulikki H. Kuusela, Helen Hall, Patricia Romano McGraw, Joan Meier, Patricia Hoff, and Phillip Hay | |  |  |  | | Book Launch |  | "Can Russia Compete?: Enhancing Productivity and Innovation in a Globalizing World"  | | Date/Time:  |  | Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 3:00 pm | | Venue: |  | J1-050 (701 18th Street NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.) | | Presented by: |  | Raj Desai, Itzhak Goldberg, Mark Dutz, Anders Aslund, and Fernando Montes-Negret | |  |  |  | | Book Launch |  | "For Protection & Promotion: The Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets"  | | Date/Time: |  | Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 12:00 pm | | Venue:  |  | I 2-250 (1850 I "Eye" Street NW) | | Presented by: |  | Margaret Grosh, H.E. Ato Mekonnen Mnayazewal, Diego Molano Aponte, Rakesh Nangia, Shanta Devarajan, and Robert Holzmann | |  |  |  | | Special Event |  | Domestic Violence Awareness Month - "Partnering to Prevent Domestic Abuse" sponsored by The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Inter-American Development Bank | | Date/Time: |  | Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 3:00 pm | | Venue: |  | Preston Auditorium (World Bank Main Complex, 1818 H Street NW) | | Presented by: |  | Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright; Ngozi N. Okonjo-Iweala |
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