WASHINGTON, DC – For the third time in five years, the world’s poorest countries are at risk of being hit by a crisis not of their making – a prospective downturn brought on by financial turmoil in the world’s most advanced economies. Having gone through the food and fuel shock of 2007-2008 and the global financial crisis that followed, low-income countries may now face even larger disruptions in 2012.
华盛顿——全球最贫困国家正在遭受五年内第三次并非由它们所引起的危机的侵袭——因最发达国家所带来的金融风暴导致的衰退。低收入国家刚刚经历了2007—2008年的食品和燃料冲击，随后又遭遇了金融危机，而在2012年，它们可能会面临更大的风险。此外，在当今的全球化世界中，各国之间相互依赖，穷国受困将不可避免地给所有国家带来不良后果，不管是穷是富。