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Acute poverty in Bengal and 7 other states [1]

LONDON, 12 JULY: Acute poverty prevails in eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together accounting for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African nations combined, a new 'multidimensional' measure of global poverty has said.

Publication Date: 
13/07/2010
Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
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Economy [3], Poverty [4], UNDP [5], India [6], West Bengal [7], Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
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