He says they also helped the international effort to lessen the effects of the financial crisis and restore world economic growth.

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Mr.Brown is on a tour to promote a coordinated international response to the global financial crisis.

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But then the financial crisis struck, freezing capital inflows as international credit dried up.

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Mr.Zuma said the global economic crisis highlighted the need to reform the international financial system and multilateral lending groups like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

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They were expected to agree to increase funds to help the International Monetary Fund and Eastern EU members to deal with the financial crisis and they did.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Key playerThis year,China's economy is expected to grow by more than eight percent, and its overall resilience to the global financial crisis, has brought with it increasing confidence in the international arena.

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