最近几年来，来自亚洲的竞争削弱了曾经繁荣的北方纺织业，导致成千上万人失业；干旱摧毁了该地区的农业；服务部门也得不到发展。
In recent years, competition from Asia has weakened the north’s once-prosperous textile industry, leaving thousands unemployed; drought has devastated the region’s agriculture; and the service sector has remained underdeveloped.