The richer household earned 10.6 times more than the poorer one in 1994; that multiple rose to 11.2 in 2005 (see left-hand chart).

1994年时，富裕家庭所赚的钱是这个穷家庭的10.6倍。 到2005年这个倍数增加到11.2倍（见左边图表）。

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Migration from poorer to richer countries, which has been on the increase for the last 30 years, is now slowing sharply as a result of the international recession, according to the BBC.

据英国广播公司报道，受全球经济低迷的影响，过去30年来一直不断增加的贫穷国家向富裕国家移民的数量，目前开始急剧下降。

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Indeed, the gap between richer and poorer regions is likely to widen in many countries as the public-spending axe falls.

实际上，当削减公共开支的大刀挥起时，很多国家贫富地区间的差距可能会进一步扩大。

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The UN Food agencies are appealing to the richer countries to increase their foreign development aid and to invest in agriculture and economic safety nets in poorer countries.

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And yet even if the income gap were narrowed, the scarcity would remain and it would still be the case that the richer households push out the poorer ones.

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He said health statistics showed that the problem of hazardous and harmful drinking was actually most common among the richer, rather than the poorer, sections of society.

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For the better part of a decade, we've seen the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, the middle class get squeezed.

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