20世纪60年代,当寻找更大市场的企业将其运作范围和兴趣拓展过国界的时候,全球化才开始获得了动力。作为这个过程的显著特征、并强化了这个过程的是下列四大发展: 经济活动的范围跨越了民族国家; 国际贸易的自由化; 国际资金流动日益加强; 信息与通信技术的发展。 上述发展几乎全面改变了世界经济体系。 然而,虽然新的世界经济为全球经济的发展开辟了新的前景,但对撒哈拉以南非洲国家却提出了令人望而生畏的挑战。这一地区只占世界贸易额的2％不到,直接投 In the 1960s, globalization began to gain momentum as companies seeking larger markets expanded their reach and interests across borders. As a salient feature of this process and reinforcing this process, there are four major developments as follows: the scope of economic activity spans the nation-states; the liberalization of international trade; the growing flow of international funds; and the development of information and communication technologies. The above developments have almost completely changed the world economic system. However, while the new world economy opens up new prospects for the development of the global economy, it presents a daunting challenge for sub-Saharan African countries. This area only accounts for less than 2% of world trade and is directly voted on