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Bad News for the World’s Poorest

Jun 29 , 2019
By Ceyla Pazarbasioglu ( Ceyla Pazarbasioglu is World Bank Group Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions. This article was first published on Project Syndicate. )

The global economic mood is souring. At their meeting in Fukuoka, Japan, earlier this month, G20 finance ministers and c...

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