Ranjana said she and her husband have had one of the worst years yet as farm laborers, due to drought conditions.

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One of them may go bust in coming months, mused Kenneth Rogoff, the IMF's former chief economist, one of a long list of those who think the worst is yet to come.

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We were afraid to find ourselves with the worst of both worlds: an old accounting system no longer functioning and a new one not yet on line.

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