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Corruption in Asia-Pacific affects the poor most: UNDP report

A newly-released UN report said that corruption in the Asia-Pacific region has the biggest impact on poor people who rely on public services and the natural environment to survive, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Friday. The Asia-Pacific... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Sep 12 2008

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