VOA慢速英語：減少貧困方面缺乏進(jìn)展

減少貧困方面缺乏進(jìn)展

A new report says years of progress made in reducing poverty worldwide are under attack.

新報(bào)告說全球范圍內(nèi)的減貧項(xiàng)目缺乏進(jìn)展。

The International Labor Organization says the progress is being threatened by weakening economic conditions and a lack of quality jobs.

全球勞工組織表示減貧進(jìn)展收到疲軟經(jīng)濟(jì)情況和缺少高質(zhì)量工作的影響。

The ILO recently released the report. It is called “World Employment and Social Outlook 2016 -- Transforming Jobs to End Poverty.”

國際勞工組織發(fā)布了此報(bào)告——“2016年世界就業(yè)和社會(huì)前景——工作轉(zhuǎn)型結(jié)束貧窮”。

The ILO says great progress in reducing poverty has been made over the past 20 years. The report explores the issue of extreme poverty in 107 emerging and developing countries.

國際勞工組織過去的20年內(nèi)世界減貧工程已經(jīng)取得巨大成效。報(bào)告探討了107個(gè)新興市場和發(fā)展中國家的極端貧困問題。

Extreme poverty was defined as earning less than $2 a day.

極端貧困定義為一天收入低于2美元。

The report found that in those countries, the number of people with such an income fell by almost half since 1990 to about 15 percent in 2012.

該報(bào)告發(fā)現(xiàn),在這些國家,這樣低收入的人口從1990年到2012年基本上下降了一半，現(xiàn)占全球人口的15%。

But not every country has experienced falling rates of poverty.

但并不是每個(gè)國家的貧困人口數(shù)量都有所減少。

Guy Ryder is the ILO’s Director-General. He says there have been great improvements in China and in Latin American countries. But poverty remains high in Africa and parts of Asia.

國際勞工組織總干事萊德(Guy Ryder)說中國和拉到每周的國家已經(jīng)取得巨大成就，但是非洲和部分亞洲國家仍處于貧困中。

“For example, more than 40 percent of the African population continues to live in extreme poverty and some 64 percent in extreme or moderate poverty. Anotherelement -- which I think we have to pay attention to -- is the fact that in the developed world, there has been an increase, an absolute increase in poverty, notably in this continent of Europe.”

“例如，有超過40%的非洲人口處于極端貧困當(dāng)中，64%的人處于極端或中度貧困。”

Ryder says the recent worsening of economic conditions in Asia and Latin America suggests a cloudy future for poverty reduction efforts there. He noted that economic growth does not mean a reduction in poverty.

他說，最近亞洲和拉美國家經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況惡化，表示出減貧事業(yè)并不明朗的前景。他指出經(jīng)濟(jì)增長并不意味著貧困減少。

He says income inequality is beginning to increase after dropping for many years. He says that hurts the ability of people to get out of poverty.

他說收入不平等在多年之后又有抬頭趨勢。他說這對(duì)人們脫貧十分不利。

“In addition, the ability of growth to reduce poverty is compromised by the inequitable income distribution, showing that the rich are taking a disproportionately high share of the benefits of growth and, in a way, could be considered partly responsible for this perpetuation of poverty.”

“除此之外，減貧項(xiàng)目受到不平等收入分配的影響，富人占據(jù)經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的大部分收益，而這是不合適的。這也是貧困持續(xù)存在的部分原因。”

The ILO says United Nations’ efforts to end poverty everywhere are at risk of failing.

國際勞工組織表示聯(lián)合國在世界各地減少貧困有很大失敗的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

Lack of Progress in Reducing Poverty

A new report says years of progress made in reducing poverty worldwide are under attack.

The International Labor Organization says the progress is being threatened by weakening economic conditions and a lack of quality jobs.

The ILO recently released the report. It is called “World Employment and Social Outlook 2016 -- Transforming Jobs to End Poverty.”

The ILO says great progress in reducing poverty has been made over the past 20 years. The report explores the issue of extreme poverty in 107 emerging and developing countries.

Extreme poverty was defined as earning less than $2 a day.

The report found that in those countries, the number of people with such an income fell by almost half since 1990 to about 15 percent in 2012.

But not every country has experienced falling rates of poverty.

Guy Ryder is the ILO’s Director-General. He says there have been great improvements in China and in Latin American countries. But poverty remains high in Africa and parts of Asia.

“For example, more than 40 percent of the African population continues to live in extreme poverty and some 64 percent in extreme or moderate poverty. Anotherelement -- which I think we have to pay attention to -- is the fact that in the developed world, there has been an increase, an absolute increase in poverty, notably in this continent of Europe.”

Ryder says the recent worsening of economic conditions in Asia and Latin America suggests a cloudy future for poverty reduction efforts there. He noted that economic growth does not mean a reduction in poverty.

He says income inequality is beginning to increase after dropping for many years. He says that hurts the ability of people to get out of poverty.

“In addition, the ability of growth to reduce poverty is compromised by theinequitable income distribution, showing that the rich are taking adisproportionately high share of the benefits of growth and, in a way, could be considered partly responsible for this perpetuation of poverty.”

The ILO says United Nations’ efforts to end poverty everywhere are at risk of failing.

I’m Bryan Lynn.

Lisa Schlein reported this story for VOANews.com. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted it for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

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Words in This Story

emerge – v. to become known or regarded as something

element – n. a particular part of something (such as a situation or activity)

absolute – v. not depending on or compared with anything else

inequitable – adj. not fair or equal

distribution – n. the way that something is divided or spread out

disproportionate – adj. having or showing a difference that is not fair, reasonable or expected; too large or too small in relation to something

benefit – n. a good or helpful result or effect

perpetuate – v. to cause (something that should be stopped, such as a mistaken idea or a bad situation) to continue