But while such measures may have helped to ease pressure on scarce resources and reduce once widespread poverty, they are also aggravating demographic imbalances that could undermine these gains.

然而就在这些措施可能协助减轻了稀缺资源带来的压力并减轻了一度蔓延的贫困问题的同时，也同样加重了人口统计学上的不平衡，这有可能破坏已有的成就。

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