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Global Monitoring Report 2009

 
Global Monitoring Report 2009
Global Financial Crisis Creating Development Emergency
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 The global economic crisis has created a development emergency that is taking a human toll on many poor countries, say the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

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  • WASHINGTON DC, April 24, 2009—The global economic crisis has created a development emergency that is taking a human toll on many poor countries, say the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

    In its Global Monitoring Report 2009: A Development Emergency, experts estimate that the crisis will make it difficult to meet most of the globally agreed Millennium Development Goals.


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