The bottom billion will face a paradox.

底层的十亿人口将面临一个悖论。

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Rather, in benefiting themselves they will inadvertently serve the global interest, and especially that of the bottom billion.

更可能的情况是，它们在为自己争取利益的同时，也无意间为全球特别是最底层的十亿人口带来了好处。

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Ms Novogratz dismisses those such as Jeffrey Sachs, an influential economist, who think that the bottom billion are too poor to be treated as consumers, and should sometimes receive handouts instead.

诺佛葛瑞兹不会雇用像杰弗里•萨克斯（一个有影响力的经济学家）那样，认为最底层的那十亿人穷得都算不上是消费者，应该偶尔接受一些免费施舍的人。

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This is the bottom billion you hear Oxford university world poverty scholar Paul Collier and others talking about.

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Discussion along these lines can be found in a book published last year, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It.

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The history of finance is also a history of inclusion and economic empowerment, and many of its success stories started as social innovations: from cooperative banks for farmers to community banks for the urban poor, all the way to microcredit for the bottom billion today.

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