One type of bottleneck in a process is a chronic shortage of resources.

流程中有一种瓶颈是长期缺少资源。

The development project was greeted because of Holland's chronic shortage of land.

由于荷兰的可用地长期不足，因此这一开发项目在荷兰很受欢迎。

Despite its vast crude-oil resources, Iran has been dealing with a chronic shortage of gasoline and other refined oil products.

尽管伊朗拥有巨大的原油蕴藏，但是伊朗长期缺少石油和其他精炼石油产品。

It is not necessary for Tanzanians to sit back and point fingers at each other about the chronic shortage of electricity in the country.

坦桑尼亚人没有必要为国家长期的电力短缺相互指指点点。

A: the chronic shortage is well recognized as one of the main obstacles to delivery of effective health services to those who need them most.

答：卫生人员长期短缺被公认为是影响卫生服务提供的主要障碍之一。由于卫生人员短缺，最需要的人群无法获得有效卫生服务。