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World Bank in talks with dozens of countries about crisis aid, Banga says
BANGKOK: The World Bank is in discussions with 30 to 40 countries about potential crisis aid to help them manage energy shocks and price increases triggered by the war in the Middle East, its president, Ajay Banga, told Reuters in an interview. Banga said the global economy had proven fairly resilient, in part due to big AI investments and adjustments in supply and demand for oil, which meant that few countries had sought the initial $25 billion in crisis funds that the World Bank had made available when the war began in late February. However, a sharp spike in diesel and fertilizer prices a...
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