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Washington DC, Apr 14 (EFE).- "We project global growth in 2020 to fall to -3 per cent," the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported on Tuesday."This is a downgrade of 6.3 percentage points from January 2020, a major revision over a very short period. This makes the Great Lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression, and far worse than the Global Financial Crisis," the organism added.FOOTAGE OF WORLD BANK AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON DC.
Washington, Apr 6 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Shawn Thew) The global recovery is accelerating and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that the world's economic growth will reach a 6% in 2021 -five tenths more than expected in January-, although it warns that the Covid-19 crisis has left scars in emerging countries such as growing inequality and an increase in poverty.FOOTAGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva warns that "the cumulative losses of trade conflicts could get us to about $700 billion by 2020" in a speech in Washington ahead of IMF-World Bank autumn meetings next week SOUNDBITE
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"The United Nations Security Council, the primary platform for questions of global peace, is deadlocked by geopolitical fissures. This is not the first time the Council has been divided, but it is the worst. Today's dysfunction is deeper and more dangerous," says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his speech to the General Assembly presenting his 2024 priorities. SOUNDBITE
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