Many emerging economies achieved rapid growth for years – even decades – enabling billions of people to escape extreme poverty and reducing the wealth gap between developed and developing countries. But that growth has lately slowed substantially, leading many to question whether economists spoke too soon when we labeled them the new engines of global economic growth.
许多新兴经济体实现了好几年——甚至好几十年——的高速增长，让数十亿人摆脱了极端贫困，也缩小了发达国家和发展中国家之间的财富差距。但这一增长最近大幅放缓，让许多人开始质疑经济学家给它们贴上全球经济增长新引擎的标签是不是操之过急了。