Long-time critics have greeted the bank’s latest research tome as a 275-page surrender. But on a close read, many ideas buried in the dense text look familiar https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/23/has-the-world-bank-performed-a-u-turn-on-industrial-policy?taid=705e43c0-d564-4465-a8f8-e9ef986cd44b Illustration: Álvaro Bernis