As the World Bank’s chief economist and senior vice president, I was in the middle of the conflagration and the debates about its causes and the appropriate policy responses. This summer and fall, I revisited many of the affected countries, including Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, and Indonesia.
作为世界银行的首席经济学家和高级副总裁，我亲身经历了这一危机以及有关这一危机根源和适当的政策对策的辩论。今年夏天和秋天，我再度访问了许多受到危机影响的国家。这些国家现在的经济增长速度是5%和6%，甚至更快。尽管不是在亚洲经济奇迹的年代那么快，但是也要比危机后人们认为可能的要快很多。