The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report released Thursday that 1.6 billion people in Asia-Pacific are at risk of being pushed back into extreme poverty.

The Manila-based lender said the 1.6 billion people who subsist on less than USD 2 a day remain vulnerable to shocks.

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