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World Service,17 Jul 2009,18 mins

Prosperity and terrorism

Business Daily

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Business Daily today is about prosperity and terrorism. Does political violence diminish as countries get richer, and can prosperity get rid of terrorism? Steve Evans talks to the Egyptian finance minister, Dr Youssef Boutros-Ghali, and to a woman at the heart of the American foreign policy establishment. Is aid a good weapon against extremism?

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