伊弗扎尔.阿里是亚洲开发银行的首席经济学家。他指出,亚洲地区今年的经济增长仍然是强劲的,只是跟过去五年相比略微降低。
But Ifzal Ali , the ADB 's chief economist , says this year 's predicted growth rate is still solid and only slightly below the average of the past five years .