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‘Thai people already poor’: developing nations protest IMF’s austerity call
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Coconut farmer Sombat Chuekrod travelled more than 200km (120 miles) to join hundreds on the streets of Bangkok on Friday demanding that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank change how they deal with the developing world. Finance ministers, central bank governors and other top policy
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17 Oct 03:03
South China Morning PostFirst
‘Thai people already poor’: developing nations protest IMF’s austerity call
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