Reasons of the slow economic development in the provincial border areas include: natural geographical factors, systematic reasons, and transportation elements.

省际边境地区经济发展缓慢主要是由：自然地理因素、体制因素、交通因素造成的。

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Affordable energy services are key elements of economic development and eradication of extreme poverty as called for in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

UNESCO: Biodiversity Initiative