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Agents of change?

February 1, 2013

Over the past 15 years more than a billion people have escaped poverty. DW looks at the role the growing middle class plays around the world - and how it can contribute to political and societal change.

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Chinese women walk past a commercial shop lot displaying a poster of women doing hairstyle in Beijing (Photo: Andy Wong)
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Over the past 15 years more than a billion people have escaped poverty. DW looks at the role the growing middle class plays around the world - and how it can contribute to political and societal change.

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