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Plagued by decades of conflict, political instability and low growth, the Central African Republic has one of the world’s highest rates of poverty – almost 7 out of 10 people are extremely poor (65.7% live on less than $2.15 per day).
The World Bank’s first ever Poverty Assessment of CAR includes data of internally displaced people, who number around half a million.