The bank said the main reason for widening wealth gaps in recent years was the discrepancy in investment between urban and rural areas which favoured better-educated, better-off urban populations.

• 亚洲发展银行认为近些年贫富差距拉大的主要原因是城乡投资兴趣的差异,投资者们更偏好那些有良好教育和发展前景的城市。