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Posted  Saturday, February 7  2009 at  15:16

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a managing director of the World Bank, has suggested that 0.7 per cent of the spending stimulus packages adopted by developed nations be directed towards the developing world.

However, he is not optimistic this will happen.

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