受困于大宗商品价格暴跌和中国经济减速，2015年该地区增长率下滑到3.4 % — —比此前15年的平均水平低了近50 % 。
Strained by a collapse in commodity prices and China’s economic slowdown, the region’s growth slipped to 3.4% in 2015 – nearly 50% lower than the average rate over the previous 15 years.