中文摘要：

以英美两国为对象,着重研究了19、20世纪英国以及二战后美国的贫困问题,阐明了英美贫困的历史根源和具体表现形态。在这一进程中,英美两国一直处于不断转型的关键时期,扶贫开发在社会和谐发展中扮演着十分重要的角色,以至于20世纪以来成为两国衡量每届政府政绩的试金石。回顾总结梳理两国在区域和人口扶贫开发方面形成的特定的模式和取得的经验,无疑对我国打好新时期扶贫攻坚战具有一定的启示。

英文摘要：

This article focuses on the subject of both Britain and America, studies the poverty in the 19 th and 20 th century Britain and United States after world war ii, illustrates the historical roots of the British and American poverty and their concrete manifestation. In the process, Both Britain and America have been in a critical period of continuous transformation, poverty alleviation and development plays a very important role in the social harmonious development, that become the touchstone to two countries, measuring every government achievements since the 20 th century.The paper has Reviewed, summarized and combed the two countries ＇specific patterns and experiences formed in terms of area and population of poverty alleviation and development, which will have no doubt the certain enlightenment to the battle for poverty alleviation in the new period of China.