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Inflation, Covid plunged millions of Asians into extreme poverty

Al Mayadeen English   Source: Agencies    2023-08-24 16:03    0 Shares
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Inflation and COVID hit Asia quite hard as tens of millions of people were plunged into extreme poverty in the wake of the pandemic.

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