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FINANCIAL CRISIS
World Bank president calls for cooperation to ease financial woes
World Bank President Robert Zoellick says "real changes" must be made that will allow the world's leading economies to coordinate a response to financial crises with rising economic powers like Brazil.
HUNGARY - IMF
Hungary escapes bankruptcy with international aid
Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said in an interview published Sunday that his country had escaped state bankruptcy because of international aid. Hungary was offered $25 billion in financial support from international institutions.
GLOBAL CRISIS
Financial system on brink of 'meltdown,' IMF warns
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the global financial system is on "the brink of a systemic meltdown" as financial leaders from the IMF and World Bank's 185 member nations descended on Washington in search of a solution to the crisis.
CHAD - WORLD BANK
The oil curse, part 2
The World Bank's decision in 2000 to issue Chad a loan for an oil pipeline against the promise that it would use its revenues to fight poverty was recently overturned. Read how a blue print for Africa's development became a World Bank embarrassment.
CHAD - WORLD BANK
The oil curse, part 2
The World Bank's decision in 2000 to issue Chad a loan for an oil pipeline against the promise that it would use its revenues to fight poverty was recently overturned. Read how a blue print for Africa's development became a World Bank embarrassment.
CHAD - WORLD BANK
The oil curse, part 1
The World Bank's decision in 2000 to issue Chad a loan for an oil pipeline against the promise that it would use its revenues to fight poverty was recently overturned. Read how a blue print for Africa's development became a World Bank embarrassment.
POVERTY - WORLD BANK
New figures show evolution of poverty in the world
The World Bank has given new poverty figures based on a revised metric, showing 1.4 billion poor people around the world, a larger number than previously known. However, there has been progress when compared to the figures from a quarter century ago.
10/04/2008 - THE FRANCE 24 INTERVIEW

Robert Zoellick, World Bank President

Raphael Kahane interviews World Bank President Robert Zoellick in Washington, where the institution is holding its spring meeting this week.
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