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As we
enter the 21st century, the
gap between the worlds's rich and poor is widening, both
within and among countries. 1) The vast majority of the
world's population is receiving an ever-decreasing share of its
collective wealth, while the
share claimed by a few rich nations and individuals is steadily
growing. In 2001
Forbes magazine counted 538 billionaires with a total net worth of
1.7 trillion
dollars, while the
United Nations identified 2.8 billion people surviving on less than
two dollars a day. Overall, the richest 20 percent of the
world's people control 86 percent of global income, while the poorest 20
percent control barely one percent.

The impacts of this widening rich-poor gap are
varied and worrisome. 2) They include environmental
destruction-richer nations and individuals can afford to
over-consume resources, while
poorer nations and individuals are forced to over-exploit the
environment just to survive. They include migration-people are forced to move
in search of adequate resources. And they include
conflict-wealthier nations and
individuals fight to
keep what they have, while those suffering a lack of
resources fight to obtain
them. 3) Because poorer groups typically lack the assets and
technology to conduct
large-scale conventional war to obtain their goals, they often resort to
low-intensity conflict and
terrorism.

The causes of this global disparity are diverse
and complex, but include colonial era trading patterns that favor industrialized
nations; the
globalization of economies and economic structures, in
which poor nations struggle
to compete; a growing "digital divide" characterized by lack of access to
information technology;
inadequate governance and protection of law; and lack of access to education,
healthcare, and social safety nets, especially for women and
girls.

4) Individuals and nations need not remain in poverty
indefinitely, however. With an awareness of the interdependence of our modern world
and a concerted political will, it is possible to reverse this trend that threatens to divide the
world against itself. And reversing this trend would have
powerful and positiveimpact on our
future.

5)
Bringing the nearly 5 billion people of the less industrialized
world into a sustainable economy through "pro-poor" policies
would provide a tremendous boost to the world economy, as well as
to those people. With increased economic opportunities comes
improved access to nutrition, education, and health care. With
those comes higher income, greater autonomy-especially for
women-and the opportunity to pursue environmentally sound
technologies and products.

• wealth [welθ] n.财富，财产 (初中英语单词)
• income [´inkʌm] n.收入，所得 (初中英语单词)
• barely [´beəli] ad.公开地；仅仅 (初中英语单词)
• survive [sə´vaiv] vt.幸存；残存 (初中英语单词)
• adequate [´ædikwit] a.足够的；适当的 (初中英语单词)
• suffering [´sʌfəriŋ] n.痛苦；灾害 (初中英语单词)
• obtain [əb´tein] v.获得；买到；得到承认 (初中英语单词)
• resort [ri´zɔ:t] vi.求助；乞灵；诉诸 (初中英语单词)
• conflict [´kɔnflikt, kən´flikt] n.&vi.战斗；抵触 (初中英语单词)
• complex [´kɔmpleks] a.复杂的 n.综合企业 (初中英语单词)
• colonial [kə´ləuniəl] a.(关于)殖民地的 (初中英语单词)
• compete [kəm´pi:t] v.比赛，竞争，对抗 (初中英语单词)
• protection [prə´tekʃən] n.警戒；护照；通行证 (初中英语单词)
• reverse [ri´və:s] v.颠倒；(使)反向 (初中英语单词)
• economy [i´kɔnəmi] n.经济；机制；组织 (初中英语单词)
• tremendous [tri´mendəs] a.可怕的；巨大的 (初中英语单词)
• pursue [pə´sju:] v.追赶；追踪；从事 (初中英语单词)
• billion [´biljən] num.万亿 (高中英语单词)
• access [´ækses] n.接近；通路；进入 (高中英语单词)
• positive [´pɔzətiv] a.确定的 (高中英语单词)
• conventional [kən´venʃənəl] a.常规的；协定的 (英语四级单词)
• impact [´impækt] n.影响，作用；冲击 (英语六级单词)
• nutrition [nju:´triʃən] n.营养(物)；食物 (英语六级单词)