曼谷 — 联合国开发计划署署长亚历山大·德克鲁在周四表示，发展中国家在未来十年将面临8亿个工作岗位的缺口，并补充称，从援助转向私营部门投资有助于创造就业。
BANGKOK -- Developing countries face a shortfall of 800 million jobs over the next decade, United Nations Development Programme Administrator Alexander De Croo said on Thursday, adding that a shift from aid to private-sector investment could help create employment.
德克鲁在曼谷接受《日经新闻》独家采访时发表了上述言论。他当时正在参加国际货币基金组织和世界银行的年度会议。他在2020年至2025年期间担任比利时首相，随后出任联合国开发计划署署长，该机构在170多个国家提供发展援助。
De Croo spoke in an exclusive interview with Nikkei in Bangkok, where he was attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He served as Belgium's prime minister from 2020 until 2025 before taking the helm of the UNDP, which provides development assistance in more than 170 countries.
他表示，发展中国家面临三大挑战：高燃料价格、自然灾害和融资成本上升。
He said developing countries face three challenges: high fuel prices, natural disasters and rising financing costs.
“我们目前所处的经济动荡局面的答案不是援助。因为援助，你可以现在给予，下个月又得再给，再下个月又得再给，”德克鲁说。“因此，需要进行更根本性的改革。”周二，联合国开发计划署推出了一项旨在通过诸如帮助发展中国家改革制度框架等步骤来鼓励私人投资的倡议。德克鲁将该机构的角色描述为“管道建设”，即将私人投资者与新兴经济体中的机遇联系起来。
"The answer to the economic rough waters in which we are, it's not aid. Because aid, you can give it now and next month you have to give it again, and the month after you have to give it again," De Croo said. "So it's more fundamental reforms that need to happen." On Tuesday, the UNDP debuted an initiative to encourage private investment through steps such as helping developing countries reform their institutional frameworks. De Croo described the agency's role as "pipeline building," connecting private investors with opportunities in emerging economies.
他表示，官方发展援助和其他形式的援助应被用于改善发展中国家的投资环境，为私人资本和可持续增长铺平道路。创造就业是一个特别令人担忧的领域。
Official development assistance and other forms of aid should be used to improve the investment environment in developing countries, he said, paving the way for private capital and sustainable growth. Job creation is an area of particular concern.
在未来十年，预计将有12亿年轻人进入劳动力市场，而“仅将创造4亿个工作岗位。因此存在8亿的缺口，”德克罗说。“这有点像一个定时炸弹。”
Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people are expected to enter the labor market, while "only 400 million jobs will be created. So there's a gap of 800 million," De Croo said. "That is a bit of a ticking time bomb."
德克罗还提到自然灾害频率的增加，称“气候变化使某些事物无法投资，因为风险太高。”近年来，新兴亚洲经济体遭受了洪水和其他灾害，而日益严重的气候和天气事件的风险正在上升。
De Croo also cited the growing frequency of natural disasters, saying "climate change makes certain things uninvestable because the risk is too high." Emerging Asian economies have suffered flooding and other disasters in recent years, while the risk of increasingly severe climate and weather events is rising.
“保险可以发挥重要作用，”德克罗说，表示金融工具可以帮助管理此类风险。
"Insurance can play an important role," De Croo said, indicating that financial tools can help to manage such risks.