恩戈齐·伊卫拉博士谈中国、气候和腐败问题

 

“全球财政部长的平均任期是两年……而我熬过了整整7年!”

—— 恩戈齐·伊卫拉博士，谈中国、气候和腐败问题

2018年12月5日

 

睿纳新国际咨询公司于2018年12月5日在亚洲基础设施投资银行(AIIB)

举办了“睿纳新视角：全球发展与中国”系列讲座的首场活动。此次讲座邀请到了备受敬仰且造诣极高的恩戈齐·伊卫拉博士。伊卫拉博士是尼日利亚联邦共和国前财政部长，以及世界银行前常务董事。

此次讲座重点探讨了“中国在非洲发展融资中所扮演的角色”，并对非洲国家可用的发展融资方案进行了批判性的分析。在英国《金融时报》记者Emily Feng的主持下，讲座以讨论非洲融资前景和中国在其中的角色为开场。伊卫拉博士首先引起大家对非洲基础设施融资赤字的关注。她告诉听众：“非洲需要的基础设施中有三分之二尚未建成。”

在谈到中国在非洲发展融资中的作用时，伊卫拉博士表示：“我们不能把我们与中国的关系做成圣诞树”。她强调，在考察像中国这样的外部融资机构之前，先挖掘非洲自身内部融资潜力也很重要。她谈到了一些非洲国家，特别是南非和尼日利亚，养老基金的庞大规模，以及它们在资助非洲发展方面可以发挥的作用。此外，她还强调有必要修改税收政策，以获取非正规经济的金融力量。伊卫拉博士向听众讲到，非洲国家需要采取明智的政策，并利用技术使经济发展走向正轨。她还分享了尼日利亚政府支持开展创业项目的案例。这些项目有支持创业和将年轻企业家带入正规经济的双重目的。几位非洲驻华大使也位列听众之中。

随着联合国气候变化大会(COP24)本月在波兰召开，伊卫拉博士讨论了非洲国家在应对和缓解气候变化方面面临的许多挑战。她说:“非洲没有对解决气候变化带来的许多问题做出贡献，但是非洲正在尽最大努力应对气候变化所带来的影响。”她强调了非洲的基础设施缺口带来的机遇，因为基础设施赤字使非洲有机会建设比发达地区更为绿色、低碳和可持续的基础设施。

最后，伊卫拉博士谈到了她的新书《危险的反腐败》。这本书对非洲国家引导和管理巨额资金流动的挑战提出了不一样的见解。她谈到了她在反腐败斗争中走过的艰辛历程。她说:“他们想杀了我。如果他们不能杀了我，他们想毁掉我的名声，这样我就不能继续工作了。”伊卫拉博士强调，如果试图解决腐败问题，强烈的自我意识、坚定的价值观和原则以及良好的声誉这几个要素不可或缺。她强调，腐败“对一个国家的发展具有强大的腐蚀性”。她最后呼吁在座的非洲人采取行动，“作为非洲人，我们应该挺直身板，因为我们有那么多值得骄傲的东西……每个非洲人都应该保证不会参与任何腐败交易。从我们开始行动。”

在问答环节，超过75位嘉宾(包括5位大使)分享了他们的见解和意见。讲座按照英国皇家国际事务研究所(Chatham House)的标准举行，鼓励坦诚的讨论，并提供英、法、中三种语言的翻译。

此次活动由睿纳新国际咨询公司与AFRI-CAN共同主办。AFRI-CAN是一个由来自非洲各共和国的独立思想家和非洲散居社区成员组成的网络，旨在通过与因共同文化遗产而团结在一起的成员共享资源，设计一个强大的社区。AFRI-CAN主席和联合创始人Bright Ohene博士作了闭幕发言，并强调为实现非洲大陆的诸多目标，非洲人之间需要合作。

讲座结束后，伊卫拉博士为参与者签授了一些书籍，并跟他们进行了进一步交流。

感谢亚投行协助举办首届睿纳新视角首次活动，在大家的共同努力下，活动取得了圆满成功。

展望未来，睿纳新国际咨询公司致力于为世界上最新的发展理念创建一个论坛，为此我们将继续策划一系列专题活动，聚焦于发展领域的时事追踪和政策倡导。

下一次活动将于2019年初举行，聚焦“食品的未来”这一议题。欢迎赞助或参与这一活动，有意向者请联系我们: interns@developmentreimagined.com

 

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