WASHINGTON, DC – At last week’s annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Lima, Peru, one topic that dominated discussions was the slowdown in emerging-economy growth. Hailed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis as the new engines of the world economy, the emerging economies are now acting as a drag on global growth, and many argue that their era of rapid expansion – and their quest to achieve convergence with advanced-country income levels – is over.
华盛顿—在上周世界银行和国际货币基金组织（IMF）在秘鲁利马举行的年会上，一个主导了讨论过程的话题是新兴经济体增长放缓。2008年金融危机爆发后，新兴经济体被誉为世界经济体的新增长引擎，但如今，新兴经济体成了全球增长的拖累因素，许多人认为，它们的快速扩张期已经结束，它们对实现向发达国家收入水平趋同的努力也已经结束。这些末日论者说得对吗？