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Economy #31

ILR 2+ · Economy · radio analysis · natural recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What is the analysis about?
Question 2 of 5How do remittances behave in crises?
Question 3 of 5Where does most remittance money go?
Question 4 of 5Why do some transfers use informal channels?
Question 5 of 5What does 'living on a painkiller, not a cure' mean?
Vocabulary
تَحْوِيلاتremittances, transfers
المُغْتَرِبُونexpatriates
شِرْيانartery, lifeline
المِيزان التِّجارِيّtrade balance
في ضِيقin hardship
قَنَوات غَيْر رَسْمِيَّةinformal channels
ضَماناتguarantees