Infants born over the next 20 years will enter adulthood at a unique time: these regions’ working populations will outnumber their non-working populations by two to one. This provides a rare opportunity to boost economic growth, save and improve lives, and help families, communities, and countries move from poverty to prosperity.
这之所以重要，是因为新一轮婴儿潮正在来临——不是在美国和欧洲，而是在撒哈拉以南非洲和东南亚。未来20年出生的婴儿步入成人时将面临独一无二的时代：这些地区的工作人口比非工作人口多两倍。这是提振经济增长、拯救和改善生命以及帮助家庭、社区和国家从贫困走向繁荣的的宝贵良机。