What is middle class in Ivory Coast?-bbc
Two Ivorians, considered to be middle class by the African Development Bank, tell the BBC's Tamasin Ford how they survive on between $2 (£1.30) and $20 a day.
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Konan Kouassi Vercruysses, 26, runs a phone booth with his cousin. He works five-hour shifts, six days a week and attends university.
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Kouadio Koffi, 29, is a security guard who shares a one-room house with his cousin. He works 12-hour night shifts, six days a week.
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| Monthly budget | Konan Kouassi Vercruysses | Kouadio Koffi |
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Earnings
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$240-$530
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$100
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Rent (inc water)
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$80 (for his room and one for his cousin)
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$33
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Transport
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$20
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$2
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Electricity
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$8
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$4
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Gas (for cooking)
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$2
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$4.40
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Internet
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$3.20
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-
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Phone
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$12
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$2
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Food
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$140 (including for his cousin)
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$50
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Clothes
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$10-$30
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$10 (if money available)
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Other
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circa $40 (to his cousin for phone booth work)
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-
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Savings
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Yes (undisclosed - been saving for five months)
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No
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Both men, who live in the main city of Abidjan, are single with no children, do not own a car, a house or land and were affected by the five-month conflict that followed the disputed 2010 polls.
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