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Para.1
In today’s digital world, nothing matters more to individual well-being than energy: Access to electricity determines fundamental aspects of individuals’ lives, like whether they are healthy or have a job. Instead of treating electrification as one of many goals, it’s time to see it is essential to all of them. And that means the world needs to focus investment and effort on getting reliable, clean electricity to the nearly 700 million people who don’t have any — and the 3.1 billion more who don’t have enough.
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Ten years ago, when I was the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, there was an overwhelming feeling of optimism in the global community about ending poverty and addressing climate change, and for good reason. Reductions in poverty in the previous two decades and geopolitical cooperation inspired the United Nations to rally countries around a set of sustainable development goals on human and planetary well-being.
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The sense of possibility in 2015 was based in part on money. At the time, developing economies were relatively flush. Free trade and globalization had led to record increases in foreign direct investment. Overseas development assistance, or foreign aid, had reached more than $96 billion in 2015. And debt relief efforts had canceled $130 billion in liabilities since 1999. In total, by 2014, the flow of financial resources into developing countries had risen to $225 billion, more than ever before. This high tide suggested it was possible to lift all boats.
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Unfortunately, that tide is now waning, and it looks unlikely to return any time soon. Populism has become a potent ideology, curtailing free trade, international agreements and more. Accordingly, assistance to developing countries decreased by $4 billion, or 2 percent, in 2022 from the previous year. Though preliminary data suggests it rebounded some in 2023, aid is still insufficient to achieve all of the goals.
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Meanwhile, lending from the private sector to these countries has fallen, while interest rates on existing debt have increased. Some $50 billion is now expected to flow out of developing countries mostly to pay interest on debts this year, a shocking reversal from a decade ago. Thankfully, technological advances have opened another path. Improved solar panels, batteries and other breakthroughs now make it far easier to provide reliable, clean electrification to everyone. The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative has highlighted the correlation between a lack of electricity access and education, poor health and malnourishment. Electrifying the world could produce the largest development gains since the 1990s.
本文节选自：The New York Times（纽约时报）
发布时间：2024.9.24
作者：Opinion
原文标题：Want to End Poverty? Focus on One Thing.
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写作句总结
原句：In total, by 2014, the flow of financial resources into developing countries had risen to $225 billion, more than ever before.
结构：In total, by X, the flow of Y into Z had risen to A, more than ever before.
例句：In total, by 2023, the number of students participating in online education had risen to over 100 million, more than ever before.
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阅读理解题
What is the primary argument made by the author regarding electrification in developing countries?
A) Electrification should be treated as one of many goals in development.
B) The lack of electricity access is primarily a result of insufficient foreign aid.
C) Reliable, clean electricity is essential for achieving reductions in poverty.
D) Technological advances alone will solve the issue of electrification.
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