Washington (PTI): Amid continued financial crisis and early signs of recession appearing in the developed countries, India on Sunday asked multilateral funding agencies to play a vital role in global economic affairs to ensure more inclusive and sustainable globalisation. "It is an opportunity to make the (World) Bank a more responsive, credible and relevant organisation so that it continues to play a vital role in global economic affairs and to realign the bank's role in pursuit of the vision of a more inclusive and sustainable globalisation. This is an opportunity that must not be lost, therefore, no attempt should be made to rush through elements which would not meet long term purposes of this reform process," India's Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in statement to development committee--joint committee of the board of...
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