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Prof. Nava Ashraf discusses poverty and depression on BBC World News

Video 18 Apr 2016 Inclusive Growth

New report by WHO predicts that the economic cost of depression and anxiety could cost the global economy $925Bn each year. Professor Nava Ashraf discusses the link between poverty and depression and the broader impact depression and anxiety might be having on labour productivity, particularly in developing countries.

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Nava Ashraf

Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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