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Keep the World Bank Bookstore (Infoshop) Open

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Susana Hristodoulakis
9 years ago

Please keep the World Bank Bookstore open at its current location!!!

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Anonymous
9 years ago

The bookstore needs to be re-thought and associated with the WB cafes.

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Aman Farahi
9 years ago

This is a symbol of knowledge and learning. Please keep open and help it flourish.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

We need an Infoshop!

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Janyne Quarm
9 years ago

Keep it open!

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Tehmina khan
9 years ago

Please keep the bookshop open ! It's a really great resource

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Bibiane Uwera
9 years ago

Please keep it open. I have taken so many teenagers and young people there who learn not only about the World Bank, but also about a part of the world that they often don't know much about.

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Rose
9 years ago

The saddest day in history is when you shut down a bookstore to create offices. It's like killing education for some other stuff. The reasoning to close is mind boggling. No other bookstore in DC has a wealth of information to Bank staff and others especially clients who visit DC.

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Adriana Florez
9 years ago

Dear Mike, thanks for this valuable effort. I just couldn't believe what I read.

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Ronald Baumgarten
9 years ago

I have been going to the Infoshop ever since my college days in the early 1990s. They have many little-known books on history and foreign relations, and you can't help but pick up some discovery from the bargain bin. It would be a shame to see this go!

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Deryck R Brown
9 years ago

Not only is the InfoShop a landmark institution in DC, but for the Bank it is a beacon of enlightenment and haven for the weary in an environment that is increasingly sterile intellectually.

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Mila Freire
9 years ago

The Info Shop has been a very important tool for staff and clients of the world Bank as for the academic community as a whole. Its closing has no apparent benefits and it would reduce the ability of the general public to browse and aquire development and work bank publications. Please keep it open!

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Isidoro Ramirez
9 years ago

Keep it open!!!!

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afsaneh
9 years ago

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Anonymous
9 years ago

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Susan E Hirshberg
9 years ago

The Infoshop is an important part of community outreach and awareness building of the World Bank's efforts. Closing it seems very short sighted, especially at a time when the Bank is struggling to realign itself to remain relevant.

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David Brussat
9 years ago

If the World Bank cannot keep a bookstore open, who can? I believe it can and that it will. It certainly should.

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Rupa Duttagupta
9 years ago

I support the petition to keep the bookstore open

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R Colon
9 years ago

the closure of the World Bank bookstore is truly saddening and a loss to intellects. The store is truly unique and should be preserved. If operating costs are the concern, the physical bookstore should have a robust online community available to the private sector, government, and academia. Please reevaluate your decision given that your store is a true Washington landmark.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

What terrible news!