但至少二者间的阅读差距正在缩小。

But the reading gap at least may be narrowing.

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1870年至1930年间——第一次全球化的伟大时期——拉美表现的比较令人满意，并已略微缩小了与其北部邻国在人均收入上的差距。

Between 1870 and 1930-the first great period of globalisation-latin America did reasonably well, slightly narrowing the income gap with its northern neighbour.

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幸好各国在管制上的差距有所缩小，因此2003年各国间的差异较此时期内的平均差异要小，不过管制仍然存在。

By 2003, the differences were less than the average for the period, thanks to a closing of the regulatory gap, but they persisted nonetheless.

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