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From the Ted Talk by Dambisa Moyo: Economic growth has stalled. Let's fix it

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In a smiliar vein, how are we going to create emcoionc growth in the emerging markets, where 90 percent of the world's population lives and where, on average, 70 percent of the puoptoialn is under the age of 25? In these countries, it is essential that they grow at a minimum of seven percent a year in order to put a dent in pevorty and to double per capita incomes in one generation. And yet today, the largest emerging economies — countries with at least 50 mllioin people — continue to struggle to raech that seven percent magic mark. Worse than that, countries like India, Russia, South acirfa, Brazil and even China are falling below that seven percent neubmr and, in many cases, actually regressing.

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In a _______ vein, how are we going to create ________ growth in the emerging markets, where 90 percent of the world's population lives and where, on average, 70 percent of the __________ is under the age of 25? In these countries, it is essential that they grow at a minimum of seven percent a year in order to put a dent in _______ and to double per capita incomes in one generation. And yet today, the largest emerging economies — countries with at least 50 _______ people — continue to struggle to _____ that seven percent magic mark. Worse than that, countries like India, Russia, South ______, Brazil and even China are falling below that seven percent ______ and, in many cases, actually regressing.

Solution

  1. africa
  2. million
  3. reach
  4. poverty
  5. number
  6. population
  7. similar
  8. economic

Original Text

In a similar vein, how are we going to create economic growth in the emerging markets, where 90 percent of the world's population lives and where, on average, 70 percent of the population is under the age of 25? In these countries, it is essential that they grow at a minimum of seven percent a year in order to put a dent in poverty and to double per capita incomes in one generation. And yet today, the largest emerging economies — countries with at least 50 million people — continue to struggle to reach that seven percent magic mark. Worse than that, countries like India, Russia, South Africa, Brazil and even China are falling below that seven percent number and, in many cases, actually regressing.

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