A recent report says poverty in Yangon is higher than previously thought and many people on the city’s fringes are being forced to turn to loan sharks to cover basic and emergency expenses.
The war between the Arakan Army and the military in Rakhine, and crippling trade blockades imposed by the junta, have destroyed the state’s economy, causing many of its inhabitants to beg in the streets to feed themselves and their families.
BY Frontier
