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In light of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the U.S., the World Bank predicts that global poverty will increase with 10 million more people living in poverty next year. The press release reports that developing country growth could be lowered to 3.5-3.8 percent in 2002 rather than the 4.3 percent prediction made before September 11th. According to the Bank, Africa will incur the most economic damage from the continued economic slowdown of developed countries with an additional 2 million Africans living on less than $1 a day. Africa is particularly vulnerable because many nations do not have safety nets to stabilize their economies when agricultural commodity prices fall. As a result, the article reports, "Farmers, rural laborers, and others tied to agriculture will bear a major portion of the burden." The Bank makes several recommendations to alleviate the adverse effects on developing countries such as boosting foreign aid, reducing trade barriers for developing countries, and major industrial countries coordinating economic reform policies.
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Kickbacks, payoffs, bribery, embezzlement, and collusive bidding plague bank-funded projects around the world, a U.S. News analysis shows. The scale of the problem is enormous: Knowledgeable analysts believe corrupt practices of one type or another may be associated with more than 20 percent of the funds disbursed by the bank each year.
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Willie had grown up during World War II and had enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Still, he told me that when Zettner was inducted, it struck him as “some sort of strange thing” that a gentle soul of artistic temperament could grow up climbing trees and playing in fields, and suddenly be learning how to kill people. Willie took the name Jimmy in the song from his steel guitar player, Jimmy Day, because “it was more euphonic.” It is ... sounds more childlike.
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The Mexican central bank recently reported that income from remittances from Mexican migrants in the U.S. now tops that of every other sector other than petroleum. Migration, in other words, earns more for Mexico than tourism, more than manufacturing, more than mining, more than agriculture, more than direct foreign investment in Mexico.
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