Across countries there is at best a weak association between absolute poverty and inequality.

Мой вариант перевода:
В различных странах, в лучшем случае, существует лишь слабая связь между абсолютной бедностью и неравенством.

Подскажите, правильно ли переведено. Предложите ваши варианты.

Всем спасибо!

сквозь амбразуру почти полного отсутствия контекста association мне представляется "ассоциативной связью" между двумя явлениями.
и далее, эти два явления - бедность (измеренная в неких абсолютных единицах), и неравенство (как соотношение доходов бедных и богатых).

это как бы для понимания - которое вам надо подтвердить или исправить.
только потом можно будет обсудить что и какими буквами надо вписать в перевод.

Вот он:

A word on definitions and on regional patterns. Inequality is, of course, a relative concept, and except where I specify otherwise I am referring to money inequality, that is, inequality of income, consumption, or wealth (the latter is everywhere more concentrated but less often measured). By poverty I refer to the condition of people who are poor in absolute terms, using the World Bank standard of US$2 a day (in 1985 dollars), and for extreme poverty, of US$1 day. Across countries there is at best a weak association between absolute poverty and inequality (Figure 1). I use the term equity, or social equity, as in an ‘equitable’ society, to refer to the idea of justice or fairness in the processes that lead to outcomes such as income, and in contrast to outcomes or income per se. A society with relatively high income inequality might be an equitable society if the observed inequality were the outcome of an entirely fair process—in which some worked harder or took more economic risks with resultant greater economic gains than others. Equity is sensibly thought of as equality of opportunity and is a more satisfactory concept from a normative point of view; but it is harder to measure. I argue that in developing countries high money inequality is likely to be a sign of processes that are not equitable.