We should also recognize that deepening poverty can harm children’s healthy development through malnutrition as well as decrease in school enrollment, which will have a negative impact on economic productivity in the long run, and consequently hamper economic growth in the future.
また、貧困層が拡大した場合、就学率の低下や幼児期の栄養不良などを通じて子供達の健全な成育を妨げ、将来長期にわたり経済の生産性にマイナスの影響を及ぼし、将来の経済成長までも鈍化させてしまうことをしっかりと認識する必要があります。 - 財務省