Once one of the most egalitarian of countries, Japan is now above average among rich nations in its income inequality—and, at 14%, has the highest rate of children raised in poverty.

曾为最平等的国家之一的日本，现在的贫富差距居于发达国家的前列-并且有着14%的孩子在贫困家庭，位列第一。

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One of them, called Achieving Our Potential, aims to tackle poverty and income inequality and has been followed up by a Child poverty Strategy published in March 2011.

其中一项行动名为“发挥我们的潜能”，其目标是解决贫困和收入不平等问题，随之而来的是2011年3月份发布的《儿童贫困战略》。

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In Kenya, for example, at current economic growth rates and with the present levels of income inequality, the median family in poverty would not cross the poverty line until 2030.

例如，按当前的经济增长率和目前的收入不平等水平，肯尼亚中等贫穷的家庭在2030年之前将不能跨越贫穷线。

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Declining wages, less than one-quarter as many new jobs as in the previous eight years, smaller health care and pension benefits, rising poverty and the biggest increase in income inequality since the 1920s.

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But the Bank added that poverty reduction was being held back by income inequality and a reliance on mineral and mining exports in some African countries.

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