He says the business market is the most powerful force for economic growth and lifting people out of poverty.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

And the question is how does poverty fit into that question of life issues, with the prolife, with the death penalty.

问题是，贫困问题,是怎样和反堕胎，死刑等问题一同，被纳入生命这个话题中来的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And poverty in the United States is very much about who has access to resources.

在美国，贫穷就是关于谁能获取资源的问题。

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Just over seventeen percent of Washingtonians live below what is considered the poverty level in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

What these people have to work with are the tools that have been passed down to them, The poverty of the people Frost writes about is important.

这些人需要用一代代传下来,的工具或者自己制造的工具，弗罗斯特所写的这些人的贫穷非常重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The Agriculture Department says poverty is the main cause of food insecurity and hunger in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

And then poverty is a crucial part of that question.

贫困也是这个问题中重要的一部分。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

One of the Millennium Development Goals is to reduce by half the number of people living in extreme poverty by twenty fifteen.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

It's going to be cancelled next year. I won't get my money back.' Loans must be made even if the debt will be cancelled, for the simple reason that the problem of poverty is a terrible and persistent problem.

因为在来年贷款会被解除，他们就收不回自己的钱了,即使是债务会被免除，人们也必须给人借贷，这仅仅,是因为贫困是一个长久存在的可怕问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says the problem of cookstove pollution is really an issue of poverty.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

Do you think in some ways it is back to you being confronted with the rights of animals, in some way someone has to be confronted with poverty.

您是否觉得某种程度上来说，这和,您当时面对动物权利的问题时一样，一些人也不得不直面贫困问题。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The Acumen Fund is a nonprofit group that invests in business projects to fight poverty.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Obviously poverty and racism and oppression can also corrupt one's spirit and turn the person into someone who is bitter and angry, filled with rage.

当然，贫穷，歧视，压迫,会摧垮一个人的精神，让人变得,愤世嫉俗，满腔怒火。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Poverty can help breed extremism al-Qaida is a growing concern for the Yemenis.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

"Extreme poverty" is defined as earning less than one dollar a day.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

This anti-poverty group is now called Practical Action.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

The IOM chose the villages it is assisting based on their poverty level and the extent of earthquake damage they suffered.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

Climate change is driving higher rates of migration and civil conflict while also fueling increases in poverty,disease,and hunger.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Yemeni officials say the international funding is not nearly enough to combat poverty, which they say is the real security threat in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

But improving the agricultural sector alone will not solve the growing poverty in urban areas where 40 percent of the population is unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

They are below the line of poverty. And it is very easy to recruit people.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Still,malaria impedes economic development and is one of the major contributors to poverty in Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Where human dignity is denied, America opposes poverty and is a source of opportunity.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

Poverty is not first thing that comes to mind when you think of Japan.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Its main goal is to use agriculture-based development to end hunger,reduce poverty and food insecurity,as well as increase opportunities for Africa to become a food exporter.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

He says throughout Japan, there is a denial that poverty is a problem.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

He says poverty, gender inequality, and conflict contribute to human trafficking, but it is the demand for unreasonably cheap labor and cheap goods that drive this unscrupulous trade.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

"Obesity is very much associated with poverty."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

China's rapid economic growth has pulled millions of the country's residents out of poverty, but a new report says the environmental impacts of this progress is threatening the health of hundreds of millions more.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Poverty is the biggest factor.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23