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World Bank Says Additional 89M In 'Extreme Poverty' By 2010, Asks For Increased Aid
An additional 89 million people are expected to be pushed to levels of "extreme poverty" by the end of 2010, according to a new World Bank report that urges developed nations to increase aid to developing countries, Bloomberg reports. Ahead of a meeting of the G20 in Pittsburgh, "World Bank President Robert Zoellick is calling on leaders of the biggest industrial economic powers to avoid slashing donations and other assistance to low-income countries, which the report said face a 'long and muted recovery,'" the news service writes (Rastello, 9/16).
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