非洲金融公司（AFC）首席执行官透露，在达喀尔就其新的22亿美元国际货币基金组织（IMF）项目进行谈判时，该机构建议塞内加尔政府抵制限制增长的条件。
The Africa Finance Corporation advised Senegal’s government to resist growth-limiting conditions as Dakar negotiates its new $2.2 billion International Monetary Fund program, the multilateral lender’s CEO revealed.
在纽约举行的Semafor“未来30亿”峰会上，萨迈拉·祖拜鲁（Samaila Zubairu）表示，在前政府隐瞒贷款导致公共债务超过GDP的130%之后，AFC与塞内加尔新政府进行了直接接触。祖拜鲁表示，达喀尔应坚持扩大收入的投资——例如基础设施建设和矿产价值链的正规化——而不是仅仅依靠财政紧缩。“增长是摆脱紧缩财政状况的唯一出路，”他说道，并补充说必须允许非洲经济体发展经济以克服债务问题。“如果我们没有收入，我们就无法偿还，”祖拜鲁说。
Speaking at Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion summit in New York, Samaila Zubairu said the AFC engaged directly with Senegal’s new administration after the discovery of undisclosed loans under the prior government sent public debt past 130% of GDP. Zubairu said Dakar should insist on revenue expanding investments — such as infrastructure and formalizing mineral value chains — rather than relying solely on fiscal belt-tightening. “Growth is the only way out of tight fiscal positions,” he said, adding that African economies must be allowed to grow their economies to overcome debt problems. “We can’t pay back if we don’t have revenue,” said Zubairu.
AFC对达喀尔的干预突显出非洲区域性放贷机构为对抗传统的西方主导的救助条件而做出的不断升级的努力。IMF将至少三分之一的非洲国家归类为陷入债务困境或面临高风险的国家。近年来，埃塞俄比亚、加纳和赞比亚等其他一些国家同意了IMF的协议，这些协议强制削减预算，并引发了公众辩论和抗议。
The AFC’s intervention in Dakar highlights an escalating effort by African regional lenders to counter traditional Western-led bailout conditions. The IMF classifies at least a third of African countries as being in debt distress, or at least at high risk of it. A number of other nations — such as Ethiopia, Ghana, and Zambia — have in recent years agreed to IMF deals that mandated budget cuts and sparked public debate and protests.
— 蒂塞索·莫特索内恩格（Tiisetso Motsoeneng）和亚历克西斯·阿克瓦吉拉姆（Alexis Akwagyiram）
— Tiisetso Motsoeneng and Alexis Akwagyiram