Alain Joyandet(L), French Minister of State for Cooperation and Francophonie, talks with Dr. Eckhard Deutscher(R), Germany's Executive Director to the World Bank Group and Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, shortly before the start of the April 26, 2009 Development Committee meeting at the IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

Alain Joyandet(L), French Minister of State for Cooperation and Francophonie, talks with Dr. Eckhard Deutscher(R), Germany's Executive Director to the World Bank Group and Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, shortly before the start of the April 26, 2009 Development Committee meeting at the IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington, DC.

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