但是，在我们的团队即将定义今年的全球贫困线（从而确定贫困率）之际，我强烈地感到今年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者安格斯·迪顿的谨慎观点 ： “ 我不知道世界银行花这么大力气搞这项工作是否明智。 ”
Still, as our team set about defining the global poverty line this year (and thus the incidence of poverty), I was acutely aware of the note of caution from Angus Deaton, this year’s Nobel laureate in economics: “I am not sure it is wise for the World Bank to commit itself so much to this project.”