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China confirms new human case of bird flu
(Xinhua/China Daily)
Updated: 2005-12-07 06:11
In addition to the 26.1 million absolute poor, China has an even greater
number of transient poor, who continue to need assistance to begin to achieve
their full potential, said Jemal-ud-din Kassum, vice-president for East Asia and
Pacific Region of the World Bank.
The poor are increasingly concentrated in remote areas among the most
severely disadvantaged populations, said Sari Soderstrom, another World Bank
official, adding that close to 200 million people still live below US$1 a day
almost all of them in the rural areas.
Aside from assiduous efforts by the Chinese government and people, aid from
the international community remains crucial to resolving a chain of fresh
problems in China's poverty reduction, including rural poverty and the plight of
rural women, Jiang said.
In partnership with international organizations such as the World Bank and
Asian Development Bank, China will develop projects to support agricultural and
social development in central and western parts of the country and the old
Northeast industrial bases, Liang Ziqian, a division director of the Ministry of
Finance, said.
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