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3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: The latest edition of international Labour Organization (ILO) world of work report 2013 has revealed that the gap between rich and poor in most low and middle-income countries remains wide. Many families which have managed to rise above the poverty line are at risk of lapsing back. According to that report, income inequalities have increased in advanced economies over the past two years, against the back drop of increasing global unemployment predicted to rise from the current 200 million to nearly 208 million by 2015. The world work report 2013 states �repairing the economic and social fabric� income inequalities rose between 2010 and 2011 in 14 of the 26 advanced economic surveyed countries including France , Denmark, Spain and UK. Inequality levels in seven of the remaining 12 countries were still higher than before the start of the crisis. It states that although the economy was encouraging, yet there were still fragile signs of improvement as many advanced economic countries continue to face high or even rising unemployment and increasing inequalities. As the global economy continues a slow recovery from the financial crisis, most emerging and developing countries are experiencing increasing employment and narrowing income inequalities compared to their counterparts. Questions.
