Admittedly, the global commodity price boom has had profound, albeit enormously complex and uncertain, effects on poverty. While surging commodity prices are helping poor farmers and poor resource-rich countries, they are a catastrophe for the urban poor, some of whom spend 50% or more of their income on food.
当然，全球商品价格高涨对贫困问题产生了深远而又复杂、难以预料的影响。高涨的商品价格帮助了贫困农民以及贫困的资源丰富的国家，它们对城市贫民却是灾难。他们有些人要花一半或者更多的收入来糊口。