International community acts to curb terrorism

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This issue of the IMF Survey contains several articles detailing the international steps that are being taken by governments and international organizations to combat terrorism. On October 5, IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler called for a coordinated response on the part of the international community to deal with the current economic downturn and risks in the outlook (see above). On October 6, representatives of the Group of Seven industrial countries, meeting in Washington, declared their readiness to track down and intercept the assets of terrorists (see page 327) and released their Action Plan to Combat the Financing of Terrorism (see page 328). Similar steps were...