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Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, July 2007, is already a mega city with about 13 million people. The number of urban poor has doubled in a decade from 1.5 million in 1996 to 3.4 million in 2006.
Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

  • Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, July 2007, is already a mega city with about 13 million people. The number of urban poor has doubled in a decade from 1.5 million in 1996 to 3.4 million in 2006.

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  • Credits Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
  • Regions Bangladesh

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