Poorer countries have fared better than expected during the global downturn -- but they have a hard road to travel in the months and years ahead, says Philip Gerson, senior advisor for the International Monetary Fund. His comments were made during a talk sponsored by the Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School.
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