Poverty and natural disasters, including cyclones, floods, and tidal surges, have plagued Bangladesh throughout the country's short history. But Bangladesh is home to the first microcredit institution in the world to help the rural poor and the country is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015.
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JOHANNESBURG, Nov 12 (IRIN) - Did you know that agriculture contributed 42 percent of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008, more than double the 20 percent of revenue that oil brought into the national coffers?
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