Partly because of that failure, and despite sharp falls in the poverty rate, appalling Numbers of Indians are still desperately poor.

部分源于此，尽管贫穷率大幅下降，惊人数量的印度人仍一贫如洗。

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The poverty rate among women in the US rose to 14.5% last year.

去年美国女性的贫困率上升到14.5%。

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Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 - the highest rate in 20 years.

截止2010年，大约21%的美国儿童生活在贫困线以下，这是20年来的最高比例。

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The results also show that 17% of families in the city were living below the poverty level, 7 points higher than the national rate.

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And, finally, they also discovered that high rates of entrepreneurship are related to declines in the poverty rate.

FORBES: Don't Let The Pundits Fool You, A Tax Hike On The Rich Is Paid For By The Poor

In fact, for every one percentage point increase in the number of entrepreneurs in a state, the average state saw a two percent decline in the poverty rate.

FORBES: Don't Let The Pundits Fool You, A Tax Hike On The Rich Is Paid For By The Poor

One important factor in the poverty rate that we see - the high poverty rate goes back to what I said before, that there are significant numbers of Asian-Americans who did not complete a high school diploma, so that's a factor.

NPR: Asian-Americans: Smart, High-Incomes And ... Poor?