Given their success, it is easy to forget that some development economists were once prey to "export fatalism". Poor countries, they believed, had little to gain from venturing into the world market.

在这些国家的成功面前，人们很容易忘记一些研究发展经济学的经济学家曾担忧过的“出口宿命论”，他们相信贫穷的国家在国际市场的冒险带来的所得甚少。

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The root cause has been Latin America’s slow—or even negative—growth in productivity, according to a new study by economists at the Inter-American Development Bank*.

根据美洲开发银行经济学者的最新研究报告，根本因素就是在于拉美国家的生产力成长缓慢—甚或负成长。

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The trouble is, economists have struggled to establish a strong link between freer capital flows and speedier economic development.

问题是，经济学家们绞尽脑汁，也未能确定更自由的资本流动和更快速的经济增长之间的必然联系。

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In countries with high structural unemployment, entrepreneurship has less of an impact on growth than development economists previously thought.

FORBES: Does Entrepreneurship Drive Economic Growth?

The difference is that whereas most Sierra Leoneans have no choice but to lie or steal for personal advancement, most development economists and aid workers do have a choice.

ECONOMIST: Sierra Leone

Development economists have long surmised that some very poor people may remain trapped in poverty because even the largest investments they are able to make, whether eating a few more calories or working a bit harder on their minuscule businesses, are too small to make a big difference.

ECONOMIST: Free exchange