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(also called import duties) taxes charged on imports.

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(also called the poverty cycle) a set of factors or events in which poverty continues for...

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a plastic card with encoded information that allows the holder to pay for purchases from a bank...

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when expenditure exceeds revenue.

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when prices of a wide range of goods and services decrease continuously over an extended period...

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