This week the United Nations reported that the recession has created a $4.8bn (£3bn, €3.4bn) shortfall in its 2009 aid programmes – more than half the $9.5bn it seeks. On the one hand, that is bad, because the UN does much valuable humanitarian work. On the other hand, financial constraints may force the UN to rethink the portion of its aid aimed at economic development. The UN continues to fund government and non-governmental organisations to run economic development projects. But that is not how to end poverty: only the local business sector does that.
聯合國上週報告，經濟衰退已導致其2009年援助項目出現48億美元缺口——超過所需95億美元資金的一半。一方面，這很糟糕，因爲聯合國從事著很多有價值的人道主義工作。另一方面，財務緊張可能會迫使聯合國重新考慮經濟發展援助的份額。聯合國持續爲政府和非政府組織提供資金，用於管理經濟發展項目。但這不是消滅貧困的辦法：只有本地企業才能消滅貧困。
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