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World Bank Meetings End Without Debt-Relief Deal

By Adam Davidson

Published April 18, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Foreign ministers and officials from the World Bank and IMF fail to reach an agreement on debt relief. But outgoing World Bank President James Wolfensohn is hopeful that ministers laid the groundwork for a future breakthrough during a series of meetings in Washington this weekend.

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