But the world's poor would still need about $55 billion in financing from abroad by the end of 2010 to ease the burden.

The IMF's lending resources were tripled to $750 billion during the last Group of 20 summit in London in April. Strauss-Kahn said the IMF could now provide one-third of the funds poor countries need, but 'donors also need to play their part'.

The World Bank Wednesday said the economic crisis will push nearly 90 million more people into extreme poverty by the end of 2010.

The financial crisis, which originated in industrial nations like the US, last year pushed the world into its first recession since World War II.