Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: NAIROBI, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- World Bank says Africa has shown tangible progress in the effort to uplift millions of people out of poverty line. The World Bank's annual study of the continent found that 16 African states had managed to maintain annual economic growth of more than 4.5 percent since the 1990s.

found