More than 10 million people in Southeast Asia fell into poverty between 1996 and 1998

"More than 10 million people in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand fell into poverty between 1996 and 1998." p.10

Jeff Madrick, “The Anti-Economist: The Scarlet Debtor,” Harpers Magazine 327, no. 1958 (July 2013): 9.

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