the region of Africa south of the Sahara Desert

farmers in sub-saharan africa now use only about 9kg of fertiliser per hectare on average, compared with 142kg in south-east asia.

撒哈拉以南非洲的农民平均每公顷耕地仅用了9公斤化肥，而与此相比东南亚则高达142公斤。

the rate is even higher in sub-saharan africa where girls and young women make up 71% of all young people living with hiv - essentially because prevention strategies are not reaching them.

这一比例在撒哈拉以南非洲还要高，当地少女和年轻妇女占所有艾滋病毒感染年轻人的71%，主要是由于预防措施还没有延伸到他们。

「some have said that this is the make-or-break year for africa,」 says gobind nankani, world bank vice president for the sub-saharan africa region.

「有些人认为，对非洲而言，今年将是关系非洲成败的关键一年，」世界银行撒哈拉以南非洲地区副行长戈宾.南卡尼说。

sub-saharan africa could grow by an average of over 6% to 2015, . zoellick said in a speech last month at the woodrow wilson center for international scholars.

佐利克上月在伍德罗.威尔逊国际学者中心的讲话中指出，2015年之前，撒哈拉以南非洲地区的年均增长率有可能超过6%。

this region includes some states that are not ethnically arab, such as morocco and iran, and excludes arab states in the sub-saharan africa region.

这个地区包括一些如摩洛哥和伊朗的国家不是阿拉伯民族，并排除在撒哈拉以南非洲地区的阿拉伯国家。

according to benedicte christensen, of the africa department of the imf, there have been fewer requests for help from sub-saharan africa than there were the last time oil prices soared.

国际货币基金组织非洲部的本尼迪克特?克里斯滕森说，比起上次油价飙升时，现在撒哈拉以南非洲地区请求援助的时候更少了。

health throughout sub-saharan africa and in large parts of latin america and asia has still not recovered from these mistakes.

整个撒哈拉以南非洲以及拉丁美洲和亚洲大块区域的卫生工作尚未从这些失误中恢复过来。

by contrast, growth in export volumes in sub-saharan africa averaged only 2 percent per year, in part because world trade of the products they export grew at half the rate of growth of world trade.

与此相反，撒哈拉以南非洲地区的出口额增长每年平均仅有2％，部分原因是他们所出口的产品的世界贸易额增长速度只有整个世界贸易额增长速度的一半。