非洲陆连经济体：通向繁荣与发展的路径.docxVIP

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Africa’sLand-LinkedEconomies:

PathwaystoProsperityandDevelopment

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Acronyms

AfCFTA

AfricanContinentalFreeTradeArea

ICT

InformationandCommunicationTechnology

AGOA

AfricanGrowthandOpportunityAct

IEA

InternationalEnergyAgency

AI

Arti?cialIntelligence

IGAD

IntergovernmentalAuthorityonDevelopment

APoA

AwazaProgrammeofAction

IoT

InternetofThings

ASYCUDA

AutomatedSystemforCustomsData

ITU

InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

AU

AfricanUnion

LDC

LeastDevelopedCountry

CAR

CentralAfricanRepublic

LLDC

LandlockedDevelopingCountry

DRC

DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo

LLDE

Land-LinkedDevelopingEconomy

EBA

EverythingButArms

MSME

Micro,SmallandMedium-sizedEnterprise

EIF

EnhancedIntegratedFramework

MW

Megawatt

FDI

ForeignDirectInvestment

OSBP

One-StopBorderPost

FTA

FreeTradeArrangement

REC

RegionalEconomicCommunities

GDP

GrossDomesticProduct

SDG

SustainableDevelopmentGoals

GVC

GlobalValueChain

UNCTAD

UnitedNationsConferenceonTradeandDevelopment

UNDP

UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme

WTO

WorldTradeOrganization

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1.Introduction

1.1.Fromland-lockedandlimitedtoland-linkedandbrimmingwithpromise

LandlockedDevelopingCountries(LLDCs)weretraditionallyperceivedasexperiencing

signi?cantlogisticalandeconomicchallengesduetotheirgeographies.ThisnarrativeisshiftinginaprofoundwayacrossAfrica,rewritingthestoryfromoneofgeographic

limitationtostrategicadvantage.AfricanLLDCsareincreasinglyde?nedbywhatthey

uniquelyo?er:strategiccentralityandvibrantconnectionsthatdriveregionalandglobaleconomicdynamism.MalawisrecentNationalExportStrategy(2021–2026)boldly

proclaimsitsidentityasaland-linkednation,explicitlysignallinganeweraof

connectivity-drivengrowth.1Thisevolutionfromlandlockedtoland-linkeddevelopingeconomies(LLDEs)isreshapingdevelopmenttrajecto