赞扬发展中国家在消除农村贫困方面作出的努力和取得的显著进展，同时关切地注意到重大差距依然存在，例如缺乏足够的数据；农业和农村发展投资不足；与农村生计相关的人力资本形成较低而且不足；非农创收机会很少；生产能力和农业转型不足；性别不平等持续存在；缺乏社会保障；基础设施和服务不足；应对气候变化和灾害不利影响的适应能力和复原力缺乏或低下；缺乏有效的农村机构和充足资源，
Commending the efforts and remarkable progress achieved by developing countries in eradicating rural poverty, while noting with concern that key gaps still remain, such as: a lack of adequate data; inadequate investment in agricultural and rural development; lower and inadequate human capital formation relevant for rural livelihoods; scarce non-farm income-generating opportunities; a lack of productive capacity and agricultural transformation; persistent gender inequality; a lack of social protection; insufficient basic infrastructure and services; a lack of or poor adaptive capacity and resilience to cope with the adverse effects of climate change and disasters; and a lack of effective rural institutions and of sufficient resources,