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Nigel Rendell
The Saudi Gazette Published in The Saudi Gazette on 28 - 02 - 2009

(It) sounds like a lot of money, but when (commercial) banks have lent Eastern Europe about 1.7 trillion dollars, 25 billion is peanuts
– Nigel Rendell, emerging markets strategist on the World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and European Investment Bank (EIB) two year plan to keep capital flowing for small to medium scale
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