BCG报告的作者们指出，印度在健康、教育和基础设施以及减少贫困指标上近年有所进步。
India has been making progress in health, education and infrastructure and also in poverty reduction, the BCG authors note.
执董会对沃尔芬森行长对世界银行集团的杰出领导以及他对世行减少贫困的核心使命的极大热情表示深切的感谢。
The Board expressed its deep appreciation for his outstanding leadership of the World Bank Group and for his passion for poverty reduction, the Bank’s core mandate.
他不但擅长描述反对改变者们的担忧，还擅长描述人们的生活以及他们的忧虑——这些人经常受贫困所扰，但坚持要求减少某些贸易壁垒以从中获利。
He is good at fleshing out the lives and concerns of the (often impoverished) people who stand to gain from reducing particular trade barriers, as well as the worries of those who oppose change.
但是，这个创造性的方案是可以达到的，包括信息技术的使用，灵活的、定向的外国援助以及贫困人口的减少。
But this is attainable with creative solution, including use of information technologies, flexible and targeted foreign aid, and fewer people living in poverty.
该提议的支持者说，与世界银行以及亚洲开发银行不同，亚投行将侧重于基础设施项目而不是减少贫困。
Supporters of the proposal say the bank, unlike the World bank and Asian Development bank, will center on infrastructure projects instead of poverty reduction.
在不同国家之间以及同一国家内部，有些影响因素差别很大，这表明减少贫困的方法需要因地制宜。
Some of these factors vary considerably both across and within countries, suggesting the approach to poverty reduction needs to be contextual.
过去五十年，我们见过太多重大政策没有好结果-- 说什么减少贫困、减少流浪人员、降低辍学率、降低单亲抚养比率以及减少吸毒者数量。
Over the past 50 years, we've seen a number of gigantic policies produce disappointing results — policies to reduce poverty, homelessness, dropout rates, single-parenting and drug addiction.
我们在为世界众多人口减少贫困以及改善他们的机会和福祉方面取得了重大成就，但是还有数亿民众依然渴望有机会实现更美好的未来。
Despite significant gains made in reducing poverty and improving opportunity and well-being for many people around the world, hundreds of millions remain desperate for a chance of a better future.
他说，免疫系统崩溃的原因是贫穷、缺乏营养以及普遍的不健康。其解决方法不是靠昂贵的西药，而是靠减少非洲的贫困。
The cause, he said, was poverty, bad nourishment and general ill-health. The solution was not expensive western medicine, but the alleviation of poverty in Africa.
修补漏水以及在贫困的国家更好的灌溉庄稼能帮助减少多达70%的消耗量，在干旱地区种植需水量少的庄稼同样可以减少水的消耗。
Repairing leaks and better irrigation in poor countries could help reduce wastage by up to 70%, as could switching to less thirsty crops in arid regions.
修补漏水以及在贫困的国家更好的灌溉庄稼能帮助减少多达70%的消耗量，在干旱地区种植需水量少的庄稼同样可以减少水的消耗。
Repairing leaks and better irrigation in poor countries could help reduce wastage by up to 70%, as could switching to less thirsty crops in arid regions.
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