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Indian Poverty

What will help reduce India's high levels of poverty? And, the unique effort to tackle deforestation in Brazil comes to an end but what effect will it have on the Amazon?

What will help reduce India's high levels of poverty? Justin Rowlatt has his ears cleaned by a curbside ear de-waxer on a New Dehli backstreet all in an effort to understand India's vast informal economy. He speaks to Jawad Bhagwati from Columbia University.

Plus, as a unique effort to tackle a key driver of deforestation in Brazil comes to an end what effect will it have on the Amazon? Justin speaks to Carlo Lovatelli, the president of ABIOVE which represents the Brazilian Vegetable Oil Industries and Daniela Montalto a senior campaigner from Greenpeace.

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18 minutes

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Tue 4 Feb 2014 08:32GMT

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  • Tue 4 Feb 2014 08:32GMT

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