THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMODITIES INTERFACE IN AFRICA: TIME FOR CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM?
THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMODITIES INTERFACE IN AFRICA: TIME FOR CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM?
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非洲的基础设施和商品界面：是时候保持谨慎乐观了吗？
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2012
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M. Farooki
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M. Farooki
最近与商品价格上涨相关的非洲经济增长率激增，使人们重新对资源在经济增长中的作用产生兴趣。非洲有多种经济和社会需求，基础设施就是其中之一。资源部门正在推动基础设施投资的增长，但这种贡献对更广泛的发展目标的效果如何，还需要记录下来。本文考察了基础设施和商品之间相互作用的两个载体：第一，直接为商品开采提供基础设施；第二，将资源租金用于基础设施支出。这篇论文强调，政策需要使基础设施支出与发展需求保持一致，而不是建设交通网络本身。我们发现，有积极的迹象表明，这种承认存在于政策层面，并取得了部分成功。然而，还需要做更多的工作，以确保撒哈拉以南非洲能够从其与商品部门相关的基础设施支出中受益。版权所有©2012 John Wiley&Sons，Ltd.
The recent surge in African economic growth rates associated with the rise in commodity prices have led to renewed interest in the role of resources in economic growth. Africa has multiple economic and social needs, infrastructure being one of them. The resource sector is contributing towards growth of investments in infrastructure, but how effective this contribution is to wider development goals needs to be chronicled. This paper examines two vectors of interaction between infrastructure and commodities: first, the direct provision of infrastructure for commodity extraction; second, the use of resource rents for infrastructure spending. This paper emphasises the policy need to align infrastructure spending with development needs, rather than building transport networks per se. We find there are positive indications that such recognition exists on a policy level, and there are partial successes. However, more needs to be carried out to ensure sub-Saharan Africa can benefit from its infrastructure spending in relation to the commodity sector. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.