Monday, April 27, 2009

World Bank Warns Of Human "Calamity"

From CBS News:

Global Economic Crisis Speeding Up Poor Nations' Demise; Bank Urges More Money From Donors.

(AP) The global financial crisis could become "a human and development calamity" for many poor countries, the World Bank said, urging donor nations to speed delivery of money they have pledged and consider giving more.

Developing countries, its main constituency, face "especially serious consequences with the crisis driving more than 50 million people into extreme poverty, particularly women and children," the bank said Sunday.

Bank President Robert Zoellick said some of the poorest economies are being hit by "second and third waves of the crisis." He said no one knows how long it will last or when recovery will begin.

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My Comment: They do not have a plan ... but they want more money.

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