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<title><![CDATA[97 percent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid 2022, says UNDP]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[UNDP: UNDP: New York &#8211; Afghanistan teeters on the brink of  universal poverty. As much as 97 percent of the population is at risk of sinking below the poverty line unless a response to the country&#8217;s political and economic crises is urgently launched, according to a rapid appraisal released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).The study, which analysed four potential scenarios of escalating intensity and isolation, indicates that real GDP could contract by as much as 13.2 percent, leading to an increase in the poverty rate of up to 25 percentage points.]]></description>
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