Cela signifie en fait que la politique est la cause principale de la pauvreté, parce qu’il existe des pays très riches, comme la Suisse et le Japon, qui ne disposent d’aucune ressource naturelle, et qu’il y a d’autre part des pays pauvres malgré la richesse de leurs ressources naturelles.
This means that in fact, the chief cause of the poverty is politics, for there are very wealthy countries which do not possess any natural resources, such as Switzerland and Japan, and, on the other hand, there are countries which are rich in natural resources but which are nevertheless poor.