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Keep the World Bank Bookstore (Infoshop) Open

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Sameer Vasta
10 years ago

As a former Bank employee, I have seen firsthand the value and delight the InfoShop brings to visitors and staff alike.

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Sam Rea
10 years ago

Please keep the bookstore open, even if you must reduce it size by up to 50%. The store is the only shop in D,C. for materials related to international development. I speak as a retired member of USAID.

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Elisabeth Maher
10 years ago

Please do not close the bookstore! It's an institution in and of itself!

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Carmela
10 years ago

Please keep it open!

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Irina Astrakhan
10 years ago

Please keep the shop open!!!

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Yaa
10 years ago

An invaluable resource for the Bank and the Global Development community.

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Sumila Gulyani
10 years ago

This is an iconic bookstore. Some of the changes in its operating model over the last few years seem to have hurt rather than helped. The operating model can be revisited, but there no reason to simply close this highly useful and much appreciated bookstore.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

A very useful resource. Must keep.

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peter mousley
10 years ago

A must to keep open!

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Mike Edwards
10 years ago

I share the view that the infoshop bookstore is a wonderful (really, one-of-kind) bookshops which should remain open.

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Heba Hamed Refaay
10 years ago

A very important source of knowledge that needs to grow not to be closed

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Anonymous
10 years ago

One of its kind. Foreign visitors love it!

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Maryse Gautier
10 years ago

I think it is so important to maintain the possibility to buy paper books, and keep the compétition with internet open.

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Fabrizio fraboni
10 years ago

Please do not close simbol of the WBG

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Eva
10 years ago

Is important to keep open and potentials the role of the infoshop with events and through partnerships

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Sameer Goyal
10 years ago

Keep open

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Ann Mausser
10 years ago

Stay open! We need you!

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Wei Zhang
10 years ago

Infoshop is part of World Bank branding over the years! Has anyone in the Bank assessed the brandname value of Infoshop before proposing closing? Why do we need to cut things that have great value to both staff and clients?

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Kai Kaiser
10 years ago

The WB still attracts a wide array of visitors, including at the Annual and Spring meetings. This provides and important point of exposure. Rather than close it, build on a good thing. Make it a showcase experience center for development related themes. There is lots of interactive media now, and the center could be a show that the Bank is not just cost cutting into dinosaurdom!

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Sanjeev Kumar Sharma
10 years ago

This is very useful and quality store. We wish that it is not closed and it continues to give its value service.