拉美国家贫困率有所下降

时间：2014-08-27 08:45:25

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More than 56 million people have been lifted out of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

联合国开发计划署称，最近几年拉丁美洲和加勒比海域有超过5600万人摆脱了贫困。

A new UNDP report says poverty levels in the period from 2000-2012 fell from 41.7% to 25.3% of the population.

But despite the progress, it warned that some 200m people, or 37.8% of the population, remained vulnerable.

The UNDP has called for more investment in social protection programmes.

It calculates poverty as living with less than $4 a day.

Uneven¹ results

"In Latin America and the Caribbean, poverty has been reduced by almost half in the last decade, and the middle class rose from 22% of the population in 2000 to 34% in 2012," UNDP Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Jessica Faieta said.

"Despite these achievements, a very high share of the population is living in constant uncertainty².

"They are neither classified as living in poverty, nor have they gained access to a stable middle class status," she said.

The people living on between $4 and $10 a day went up by 3.4% between 2000 and 2012.

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1 uneven
adj.不平坦的，不规则的，不均匀的
参考例句：
The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。 The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。

2 uncertainty
n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物
参考例句：
Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。 After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。