Lagarde: weaker global growth complicates development goals
Slowdown in China has more spillover effects in the region than was anticipated, she says
Washington
DOWNSIDE risks to global growth have increased and the weak economic outlook will make achieving world development goals more difficult than in the past, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said she hoped world leaders would adopt a United Nations agenda for sustainable development over the next 15 years at a summit in New York from Sept 25-27.
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