ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) pose prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 6: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, International Monetary Fund's Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (L), Chairman of the Board of Governors Nguyen Van Giau (2nd L), World Bank President Robert Zoellick (C), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) pose prior to attending the Opening Plenary of the 2009 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 6, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2009 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF will be held on October 6-7 to discuss the future work of the two institutions and were preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Development Committee.

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