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世界银行副行长论坛发言稿 世界银行副行长论坛发言稿 　　It is an honor to be here, and to follow the steps of Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President, who spoke at this Forum last year. 　　去年，世界银行集团行长金墉先生在本论坛发表讲话，今天，本人也荣幸地来到了这里。 　　I want to talk to you about ending poverty—more specifically, since this is the World Knowledge Forum, I want to talk about how a collaborative approach to Knowledge, Learning and Innovation can bee a powerful aelerator in our collective drive to end poverty. 　　我希望与诸位探讨如何终结贫困——具体而言，鉴于这里是世界知识论坛，本人希望在此谈谈如何通过协作的方式，让知识、和创新成为我们戮力同心终结贫困的强大加速器。 　　The Ganga Problem 　　恒河之困 　　But first, I want to start with a story from my home country, India. The story is about the river Ganges. 　　首先，我想以我祖国印度的故事作为开端，谈一谈恒河。 　　The Ganges is a sacred river, worshipped by Hindus as the Mother Ganga. The Ganga’s waters are considered to be so pure and sacred that, when you bathe in them, it cleanses you of all your sins. The Ganga River provides 25% of India’s water resources. More than 2500 kilometers long, it is the most heavily populated river basin in the world. For 400 million people, mostly very poor people, life and survival depend on Mother Ganga every day. 　　恒河是一条圣河，是印度人崇拜的母亲河。人们认为在纯洁神圣的恒河水中沐浴，可以涤除所有罪孽。恒河总长2500多公里，提供了印度水资源总量的25%，是世界上人口最为稠密的流域。居住在恒河流域的四亿人口中大多数极度贫困，他们的日常起居与生存都要依赖这条母亲河。 　　But sadly, today, the Ganges is dying. Poorly planned rapid urbanization and industrialization have turned the Ganga into the most polluted river in the world. Every day, more than 250 million liters of untreated sewage goes right into the Ganga. The reality is that today, bathing in the Ganga, does not cleanse you. It makes you sick. Health costs in the Ganga basin alone are about $4 billion per year. 　　但令人悲痛的是，如今的恒河却奄奄一息。规划不良、快速发展的城镇化与工业化已将恒河变为全球污染最为严重的河流。每天，有2.5亿升未加处理的污水被直接排入恒河。如今，在恒河沐浴，不但无法洗去尘埃，反而会带来疾病。仅恒河一地，每年的医疗费用就要消耗约40亿美元。 　　The Ganga problem is not just a problem of immense magnitude. It is also a problem of immense plexity. It is not simply about cleaning a river. It is about how gov