强劲的经济表现有些出人意料，因为他所在的政党采取的是干涉主义政策模式，但泽纳维本人在吸引投资（主要来自中国）推动增长方面是个不折不扣的实用主义者。
Strong economic performance is somewhat surprising, given his party’s interventionist policy approach, but Meles showed himself to be a consummate pragmatist in attracting investment – particularly from China – to drive growth.