Labourers install scaffolding to build a factory in Xiangfan, Hubei province November 4, 2009. The World Bank on Wednesday raised its forecasts for Chinese growth this year and projected a slightly faster pace of expansion in 2010, but it said Beijing did not need to embark on major policy tightening at this stage. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Labourers install scaffolding to build a factory in Xiangfan, Hubei province November 4, 2009. The World Bank on Wednesday raised its forecasts for Chinese growth this year and projected a slightly faster pace of expansion in 2010, but it said Beijing did not need to embark on major policy tightening at this stage.

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  16. Protesters picket the IMF-World Bank office at suburban Mandaluyong city, east of Manila, Philippines Monday Dec. 14, 2009 to protest the ongoing Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The protesters urged the world's premier lending institutions, the IMF-WB and the Asian Development Bank, to keep out of climate negotiations.

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