阿尔巴尼亚因金融危机贫困增加

 　　TIRANA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Statistics Institute of Albania (INSTAT) reported on Thursday that poverty in Albania has increased due to the global financial crisis and the general macro-economic situation of low economic growth since 2008.

　　According to preliminary results of a Living Standards Measurement Survey in Albania for 2012, that part of the population, whose monthly consumption expenditure¹ was below 4891 Leks (46.1 U.S. dollars), increased from 12.4 percent in 2008 to 14.3 percent in 2012.

　　In a country of about 3 million people, the extremely poor population, defined as the people who can hardly make ends meet, increased from 1.2 percent in 2008 to 2.2 percent in 2012. Extreme poverty decreased from 4.7 percent in 2002 to 3.5 percent in 2005.

　　In urban areas, 2.2 percent of the population are mired² in extreme poverty, while the extreme poverty rate in rural areas have reached 2.3 percent.

　　Tirana, capital city of Albania has also experienced a sizeable increase in poverty. Compared to 2008, the percentage of the population considered as being poor has gone from 8.7 percent in 2008 to 12.6 percent in 2012.

1 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

2 mired   

abbr.microreciprocal degree 迈尔德（色温单位）v.深陷( mire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The country was mired in recession. 这个国家陷入了经济衰退的困境。
• The most brilliant leadership can be mired in detail. 最有才干的领导也会陷于拘泥琐事的困境中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》