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World Bank warns 108 countries risk being stuck in ‘middle-income trap’

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More than 100 countries including China , India , Brazil and South Africa risk becoming stuck in a middle-income trap’ Since 1990 , only 34 middle-income economies had managed to shift to high-income status.

The World Bank said the lesson of the past 50 years was that as countries grew wealthier they hit a “trap”.

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English

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