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World Bank officials take part in a news conference in Washington Saturday, April 20, 2002 to discuss world development indicators. From left are, Nicholas Stern, chief economist and senior vice president, Development Economics; Eric Swanson, program manager, Development Data Group; and Shantayanan Devarajan, chief economist, Human Development Network. The news conference was in conjunction with the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)