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Dire Poverty Falls Despite Global Slump, Report Finds

New York Times - ‎Mar 6, 2012‎

WASHINGTON - A World Bank report shows a broad reduction in extreme poverty - and indicates that the global recession, contrary to economists' expectations, did not increase poverty in the developing world. The report shows that for the first time ...

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