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April 3, 2009

Aid Money Could Favor Donors’ Economies
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Despite touting the financial pledges as aid for developing economies,
the new money could actually be funneled back into the donor economies.
The Washington Post reports a $250 billion G20 line of credit to
increase liquidity will mostly go to the US, Europe and Japan. The US
alone could draw upon as much as $42.5 billion.



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