23. 关于其他资金来源 小组讨论参与者注意到 尽管回报率很高 非洲国家无法吸收到私人资本流量虽然外国资源流入量缩减 会议告诫说 即使实际流入量也没有得到最佳利用 这些流入的资金不是用来资助额外进口 而是用来抵减财政交易和积累储备金 以防范对其货币的投机性攻击 贸易条件的恶化和自然震荡进一步扩大资源差距 因此经济业绩仍然很不稳定 不能提高人民的生活水平 增加本国储蓄会议指出 非洲需要改革其法律 金融和银行系统以及对基础设施进行投资 开发资本市场并采取措施改善私营部门发展所需的政策环境 以便利用这一极其关键的发展资金来源
23. Regarding other sources of finance, panellists noted that African countries are unable to attract private capital flows despite high rates of return. Although external resource inflows are declining, it was noted that even the actual inflows have not been used optimally. Rather than financing additional imports, inflows have been used to offset financial transactions and for accumulation of reserves as a safeguard against speculative attacks on their currencies. Deteriorating terms of trade and natural shocks have further aggravated the resource gap. As a result, economic performance has remained erratic and failed to improve the standard of living of the people and increase domestic savings. It was pointed out that Africa needs to tap into this critical source of development finance by reforming its legal, financial and banking systems, as well as by investing in infrastructure, developing capital markets and adopting measures to improve the policy environment for private sector development.