Many small, landlocked African countries will never become serious players in the global economy without increased cooperation within their own regions. Today’s haphazard, overlapping regional integration is proving largely ineffective, and this severely hampers African countries’ ability to compete in international markets.
在关注改善非洲治理状况的同时，我们还必须对领导人施加压力，推动非洲的区域性融合。如果不加大区域合作力度，非洲许多内陆小国永远也无法真正成为全球经济的参与者。事实证明如今危险而重叠的区域融合基本上效率低下，这导致非洲国家参与国际市场竞争的能力受到很大影响。