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Keep the World Bank Bookstore (Infoshop) Open

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Sylvestre Bea
10 years ago

This Bookstore is a very important resource for WBG staff and the general public including tourists visiting DC.

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Zeinab Partow
10 years ago

Please keep the Infoshop open! It can perhaps be revamped -- e.g. into a "visitor's center" for the World Bank Group but the Bank needs a place where people can walk in off the street and explore what the institution has to offer in terms of information.

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Markus Kitzmuller
10 years ago

Infoshop is a fantastic asset the WBG should not lose! It is not only an interface with the public but also a great resource for WBG staff.

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julie dana
10 years ago

this is one of the best things about the Bank! Transparency and access and info --- all here! keep it open please!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

A one of a kind bookstore which is a rare commodity these days. The InfoShop provides much value to visitors, scholars and students alike.

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Guillermo Beylis
10 years ago

Bookstores are closing all around DC, let's not follow that trend.

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Lisa Warouw
10 years ago

It is a good place to find and read something interesting about what the Bank is doing, and for a light shopping, please don't close the store!

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Catherine O'Farrell
10 years ago

This is a very important, open and welcoming face of the World Bank Group. Why not make it even more inviting for the general public by adding a coffee bar and encouraging exploration & discussion??

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Irina Klytchnikova
10 years ago

The Infoshop is a great resource for the visitors and WBG staff alike, and a 'face of the Bank' I still remember when first visiting the Bank 20 years ago as a student.

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Deviyani Dixit
10 years ago

This bookstore is the face of the World Bank and is the first introduction people have to the World Bank when visiting Washington DC. Not only is it a tourist attraction but also a favored getaway for Bank employees and other DC-ers during lunch break, after a long day, etc. It would be a shame to close this store. Please keep it open!

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Lakshmi Prasad
10 years ago

Please don't close the infoshop

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I would like the bookshop to remain open pl.

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Alejandra Ramon
10 years ago

Please keep the InfoShop open! The InfoShop is an obligated site every time I visit Washington.

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Yoshimi Muto
10 years ago

This is one friendly public window of the World Bank Group.

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Tahsina Akbar
10 years ago

Please keep the World Bank Bookstore open

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Ayesha Vawda
10 years ago

The bookstore inspired me to work in development when I visited DC as a college student in 1992. I have valued visiting it each time I visit HQ-it's one of my favorite places in DC. I can't imagine HQ without the bookstore.

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Wendy Simmons
10 years ago

Please keep this store open! The staff has organized an extensive, unique collection. Besides all the social sciences and economics, they make a special effort to collect international fiction - available nowhere else I've ever found, locally OR online. If the World Bank purports to want to improve living conditions for people in the developing world, why shut down this resource to inform the DC population about the cultures and societies of these regions?

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Kirsten Spainhower
10 years ago

This is an invaluable resource for our country partners who come into town periodically. It's an important public good that must continue to be supported.

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K Marlin
10 years ago

As a former bookseller, I know the pleasures of reading in print. I'd say, keep the store for even more than ten reasons.

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Veronique Verdeil
10 years ago

I love the World Bank Bookstore (Infoshop) where I can find books from all over the world, not only Bank publications.