By the close of the century, incomes will have increased six-fold in industrialized countries and 12-fold in developing countries, making the average person in the developing world richer in 2100 than the average American or European is today. The number of poor will drop from a billion to less than five million.
到世纪末，工业国家的收入会增加六倍，而发展中国家的收入会增加12倍，到2100年发展中国家的人均收入将会超出今天美国或欧洲的人均收入。贫穷人口将会从10亿降到不足5百万。