潘基文祕書長年非洲工業化日致辭
Message on Africa Industrialization Day
非洲工業化日致辭
20 November 2016
2016年11月20日
Over the last two decades, Africa’s combined Gross Domestic Product grew by an average of 4.7 per cent a year. Even though this slowed slightly in 2015 due to low commodity prices, tighter financing conditions and droughts, Africa is still among the world’s fastest growing regions.
過去二十年來，非洲總和國內生產總值平均每年增長4.7%。儘管商品價格低迷、融資條件更加苛刻和旱災使2015年的增長速度略有放緩，非洲仍是世界上增長最快的區域之一。
Africa is also a youthful continent, with a median age just below 20. To realize the vision of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 of “a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development”, the continent must create millions of new, high-productivity jobs every year.
非洲還是一個年輕的大陸，人口中位年齡不到20歲。爲實現非洲聯盟《2063年議程》的願景，即“建立一個以包容增長和可持續發展爲基礎的繁榮非洲”，非洲大陸每年必須創造數百萬個新的高生產率工作崗位。
Accelerating industrialization and expanding productive capacity and value addition is critical to sustaining Africa’s economic growth. That is why the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has a dedicated goal – SDG 9 – on industry, innovation and infrastructure with a focus on sustainability and resilience. Research shows that not only are manufacturing and industry important job creators, they also have a positive multiplier effect. Every job in manufacturing is estimated to create at least two more jobs in other sectors.
加快工業化、擴大產能和增值對於維持非洲經濟增長至關重要。正因爲如此，《2030可持續發展議程》專門載列一個目標，即以可持續性和抵禦災害能力爲重點，促進工業、創新和基礎設施發展的可持續發展目標9。研究表明，製造業和工業既是創造就業的重要產業，又可產生積極的倍增效應。估計製造業中的每一個工作崗位可給其他部門帶來至少兩個就業機會。
For this year’s Africa Industrialization Day, we are raising awareness of the importance of mobilizing financing for inclusive and sustainable industrialization. To accomplish this, African nations need to embrace transformative policies that will encourage the growth of the private sector, facilitate entrepreneurial initiatives, increase investment and generate durable partnerships. Investors need to see the benefits of financing the region’s programmes, projects, businesses and human resources.
在今年的非洲工業化日，我們將提高人們對調動資金促進包容性可持續工業化重要性的認識。爲實現這一目標，非洲國家需要採納變革政策，鼓勵私營部門增長，推廣創業舉措，增加投資和創建持久夥伴關係。投資者需要看到供資支持區域方案、項目、企業和人力資源的效益。
Advancing Africa’s economic competitiveness, creating shared prosperity and safeguarding the continent’s environment will require a strong and stable business environment based on good governance and the rule of law that is conducive to domestic and foreign investments. In addition, the countries of Africa will need to pursue greater regional integration. And, to make these efforts lasting and far-reaching, Africa will need to be fully integrated into the global economy through fair and open trade. These are the keys to fulfilling the pledge of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind.
爲提高非洲經濟競爭力、創造共同繁榮和保護非洲大陸的環境，需要營造一個以善治和法治爲基礎、有利於國內和外國投資的強大和穩定的商業環境。此外，非洲各國還需要設法擴大區域一體化。爲使這些努力經久不衰和產生深遠影響，非洲需要通過公平開放貿易，充分融入全球經濟。這些都是履行《2030年議程》中不讓任何人掉隊承諾的關鍵要素。
On this year’s Africa Industrialization Day, let us focus on financing for the engines of development as a way of realizing the full potential of all the continent’s people, especially women and youth, so they may look forward to a future of peace, dignity and prosperity on a healthy planet.
在今年非洲工業化日之際，讓我們着重籌措資金支持發展引擎，以此充分發揮非洲大陸全體人民特別是婦女和青年的潛力，使他們得以期盼在這個健康的地球上享有和平、尊嚴與繁榮的未來。
