حتی اگر فقر به ایدز ارتباط داشته باشه به این معنا که آفریقا فقیر است و آنها زیاد ایدز دارند بهبود فقر -- حداقل در کوتاه مدت - بهبود توسعه و بهبود صادرات لزوما منجر به کاهش شیوع اچ آی وی نخواهد شد. 
Even though it is the case that poverty is linked to AIDS, in the sense that Africa is poor and they have a lot of AIDS, it's not necessarily the case that improving poverty -- at least in the short run, that improving exports and improving development -- it's not necessarily the case that that's going to lead to a decline in HIV prevalence. 