But efforts to turn that tide are scattershot and underfunded, and the government killed one of the few programs proven to work, specialists said Wednesday.

• 但是,扭转这一趋势的措施却依然漫不经心,同时还受到资金不足的困扰;专家周三称,政府甚至还扼杀了一个项目,这个项目是少数几个被证明能够起到作用的项目之一。