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Kosovo, a country of 1.8 million, suffers from an unemployment rate of 40 percent, according to the World Bank. Stagnation has taken hold as the young nation experiences what some describe as the worst political and economic crisis since independence, prompting the largest mass exodus since the refugee crisis during the 1998-99 war. (Valerie Plesch/SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

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A World Bank report in April said it expects Iran's economy to contract this year and next, while suffering through "stagflation"––no growth and high inflation––with the government running up record deficits.

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The World Bank says 75% of its 24 million people live on less than $2 a day; only 13% of the population has access to electricity.

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