Forty years after China started its reform and opening-up, more than 18 million rural residents have shaken off poverty in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

革开放40年来，位于中国南部的广西壮族自治区已有1800多万农村人口脱贫。

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The starkest example of this concerns the poverty of the northern Tohoku region, which was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.

最明显的例子就是日本东北地区的贫困，那里已被此次地震和海啸摧毁。

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He says it's extremely important to understand the dimensions of poverty in the region and to understand how the Bank can help countries deal with the issue.

他说，最重要的是了解该地区的贫困程度和世行能够怎样帮助国家解决这个问题。

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In the study, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) foresees the increase of poverty in the region by 1.1%, and of extreme poverty by 0.8%, compared to 2008.

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His poverty-stricken region suffers regular power cuts and other miseries.

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Like President Bush, they maintain that a trading hemisphere is a prosperous one and that it's key to creating jobs and alleviating the poverty in a region where there's an estimated 100 million poor people.

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