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Inflation, Covid pushed nearly 70 million Asians into extreme poverty: ADB

MANILA: Soaring food and fuel prices and the coronavirus pandemic pushed nearly 70 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty last year, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Thursday. The Manila-based lender defines extreme poverty as living on less than $2.15 a day based...

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