Though furnished with free medicine and education, some20% of Bhutanese live below the poverty line.

尽管医疗和教育都是免费，20%的不丹人仍生活在贫困线下。

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Maybe, as so many Americans seem to believe today, we can't afford the kinds of public programs that would genuinely alleviate poverty — though I would argue otherwise.

或许，正如当下许多美国人所相信的那样，我们已无力负担那些可以真正缓解贫穷的项目——虽然我并不认同这一观点。

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A critical issue though remains that of poverty.

但关键的问题仍然是贫困。

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"This is an opportunity for the government to start treating the issue of rural poverty as a matter of priority even though they may not be the concerns of Islington residents, " said Mr McLeod.

BBC: News | UK | Country councils demand rural taskforce

The efforts of Bono of U2 (No. 5 this year) to focus attention on world poverty, though often not pointed where we would suggest, are nevertheless worthy of attention.

FORBES: Sidelines

The relative poverty of the east is often blamed for this discrepancy, though it probably tells only half the story.

ECONOMIST: Germany