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IMF steps up aid for dealing with mounting humanitarian crises
Published Fri, May 20, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) will speed up disbursement of funds and provide other help to countries fighting to cope with a rising tide of refugees and other humanitarian crises, managing director Christine Lagarde promised on Friday.
She made the pledge in a statement issued ahead of the first World Humanitarian Summit to be held in Istanbul next week.
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