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World Service,04 Feb 2014,17 mins

Indian Poverty

Business Daily

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What will help reduce India's high levels of poverty? Justin Rowlatt has his ears cleaned by a curbside ear de-waxer on a New Dehli backstreet all in an effort to understand India's vast informal economy. He speaks to Jawad Bhagwati from Columbia University. Plus, as a unique effort to tackle a key driver of deforestation in Brazil comes to an end what effect will it have on the Amazon? Justin speaks to Carlo Lovatelli, the president of ABIOVE which represents the Brazilian Vegetable Oil Industries and Daniela Montalto a senior campaigner from Greenpeace.

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