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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the rise in Covid-19 cases has "slowed" the economy's recovery, during a press conference in Washington. SOUNDBITE
Abidjan, Jul 15 (EFE/EPA).- Ivory Coast hosted Thursday a high-level meeting in collaboration with the World Bank on the 20th replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA-20).The event is attended by several African heads of state. (Camera: LEGNAN KOULA). B-ROLL OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION SUMMIT IN ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST.
"The recovery is incomplete and risks to the economic outlook remain," US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says during remarks in Washington. SOUNDBITE
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is likely to slip to 1.6 percent this year, its lowest level in two decades. As Sonia Legg reports, the World Bank reports says it's due to continuing woes in the continent's largest economies South Africa and Nigeria.
The World Bank cut its growth forecasts for developing East Asia and the Pacific as the threat of slowing China reverberates through the region. Meg Teckman reports.
Argentina's President Javier Milei arrives at the World Economic Forum where he is expected to speak this afternoon. The self-styled "anarcho-capitalist" will take the spotlight in Davos after launching a series of drastic reforms in inflation-hit Argentina following his shock election victory last month.a IMAGES
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