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Growth or safety net? Eradicating extreme poverty is no longer a pipe dream. But first governments must agree on their approach

by The Economist

“I AM not aware of any maternal deaths in the community in the past two or three years,” says the medic on duty at a remote rural clinic in the Terai, Nepal’s lowlands.

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