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<span style="font-weight: bold">A report for the United Nations says the world's poorest countries should move away from selling their natural resources and concentrate instead on manufacturing.</span>
The UN's Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) says that making components for manufactured goods would be the best way to lift out of poverty what's called the "bottom billion".
The report says that, by contrast, poor countries heavily reliant on their raw materials tend to distribute wealth among relatively few people.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">A report for the United Nations says the world's poorest countries should move away from selling their natural resources and concentrate instead on manufacturing.</span>
The UN's Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) says that making components for manufactured goods would be the best way to lift out of poverty what's called the "bottom billion".
The report says that, by contrast, poor countries heavily reliant on their raw materials tend to distribute wealth among relatively few people.
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