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Tag: Extreme poverty

Posted inWorld

Progress does happen, but only by the numbers

by Mohammed Nosseir January 28, 2020February 18, 2020

More than 3 billion people live on less than US$2.50 a day and more than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty, subsisting on under $1.25 a day; 805 million people do not have enough to eat and 22,000 children die each day because of poverty. More than 750 million people lack adequate access to clean […]

Posted inMiddle East

Markets stretch integration, reconstruction wait

by Gary Kleiman February 19, 2019February 18, 2020

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