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Article: No Time to Slacken at Pittsburgh.
- Article from:
- Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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Summary: Almost six months ago, at a moment of great alarm about the global financial and economic crisis, G20 leaders met for a historic summit in London. Their collective commitments to stimulate, regulate and restructure global economic activity helped to calm nerves around the world.
Many of the problems that spurred the London summit remain real. Anxiety levels may have come down, in boardrooms and stock markets, but the daily drama for survival continues.Aa C Indeed, for many people it has deepened, in the villages and streets of the world's least-developed countries -- particularly in Africa. The United Nations and the World Bank predict that the direct ...