Among the many problems facing these historically impoverished neighborhoods is that of malnutrition.

这些自以往就贫困的街区，存在一个严重问题，就是营养不良。

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Impoverished Haiti is facing severe food shortages after 70% of crops were destroyed by the storm, officials said.

BBC: Storm Sandy: Obama surveys devastation in Atlantic City

Plainly, Asia and the rest of the world could be facing a major struggle to ensure that the impoverished of Planet Earth wouldn't be written off by a group of American experts, no matter how brilliant and well-meaning they may be.

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