跨越与挑战: 中亚五国教育发展及改革走向

近年来，中国积极向中亚地区提供援助，以帮助改善当地的区域发展不平衡，但目前缺乏针对该地区援助效果的客观评估。针对该问题，根据2012—2019年的夜间灯光遥感数据构建中亚地区的夜光均衡指数，宏观分析该地区的社会经济发展情况，结合援助信息构建该地区一级行政区划的面板数据，并建立计量经济模型，从经济活动均衡化角度客观评估中国对中亚地区的援助效果。研究结果表明，近年来，中国向中亚地区提供的援助对促进该地区经济活动的均衡化有显著的促进作用；能源类和工业类的援助项目促进区域经济活动均衡化的效果更突出；该地区的中等偏下收入国家在接受能源类的援助后，经济均衡化发展更明显。该研究证明了中国对中亚地区的援助切实改善了当地的社会经济发展水平，为实现人类命运共同体贡献了力量。

Aid,China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset

Recent years, to improve the equality of local economic development in Central Asia, China is actively providing aid and support. However, there is a lack of objective evaluation of the effectiveness of aid in this region, which will provide a scientific and timely reference for aid departments.First, we construct night-time light equality index based on night-time light remote sensing data. Second, based on the construction of panel data in the first level administrative divisions in Central Asia, empirical analysis of the benchmark model is conducted to objectively evaluate the effect of China's aid to Central Asia. In addition, we conduct heterogeneity analysis in different income countries.The results show that: Recent years, the aid provided by China has a significant positive effect on promoting the equality of regional economic activities in the first level administrative divisions of Central Asia. Energy type aid projects have a more prominent effect on the diffusion of economic activities in Central Asia.Improvements of regional equality in lower middle income countries are more pronounced after receiving energy aid support.We provide a new perspective to analyze the timely effects of China's foreign aid projects in subnational administrative level using night-time light data, which contributes to the realization of the community of shared future for mankind.