Official account of @AtlanticCouncil's Freedom and Prosperity Center. Exploring the relationship between freedom & prosperity in developing & developed nations
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Thank you @ACFPCenter for inviting me to discuss how governments, the private sector, and other partners can work together to equip the next generation with the education and technology they need to thrive.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to highlight @FLOTUS's Fostering the Future Together initiative and our work to turn commitments into lasting opportunities for children around the world. 🇺🇸
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This week, @UNHCRUkraine Representative Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth joined the Atlantic Council's @ACFPCenter.
She highlighted our humanitarian work and emergency response in Ukraine, prevention of displacement during the ongoing war, and our partnership with civil society.
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Earlier this month, the @ACFPCenter hosted the Global Prosperity Forum, bringing together policymakers and industry leaders to explore actionable solutions for global development.
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“The US has to recognize that we have a competitor in China,” says @ACGlobalChina’s Melanie Hart at the Global Prosperity Forum.
“And if we want to be the partner of choice in Latin America, we can’t be flip-flopping policy back and forth,” she adds.
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In Africa, there hasn’t been a damaging effect of people’s views of China vis-à-vis support for democracy, says @afrobarometer’s @joeasunka at the Global Prosperity Forum.
But the fear is that corruption, if left unchecked, will reduce people’s commitment to democracy, he adds.
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Across 38 African countries we surveyed between 2024 and 2025, China is the country with the most positive influence on the continent, says @afrobarometer’s @joeasunka at the Global Prosperity Forum.
The US comes in at the 4th position, he tells @ACGeoEcon’s @jedmark888.
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We have to recognize that in some cases, what China is building overseas are projects that are needed, and we weren’t going to build them, explains @ACGlobalChina’s Melanie Hart.
But there are problems that are consistent across a lot of China’s development portfolio, she adds.
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What we see today is that many developing countries borrow money from China and face an indebtedness problem, says @hofunghung at the Global Prosperity Forum.
“It is not so much different from the loan performance problem in the domestic economy of China,” he explains.
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My hope is that in 5 years, countries dominated by “necessity entrepreneurs” will have entrepreneurs who are entrepreneurs because they want to be entrepreneurs, says @templeton_fdn’s Greg Wolcott at the @ACFPCenter Global Prosperity Forum.
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I don’t think that declaring victory right now in Venezuela, and walking away, would be prudent, says @A1Policy’s @melissafordm at the Global Prosperity Forum.
“We need to make sure that all of the work that was put into the liberation of Venezuela is not in vain,” she adds.
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“US democracy assistance helps mitigate national security threats,” says @IRIglobal President Dan Twining at the @ACFPCenter Global Prosperity Forum.
“It helps advance a prosperity agenda that redounds directly to the benefit of Americans,” he adds.
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Democracy and supporting democracy around the globe is so vital, but it cannot be our only goal, says @A1Policy’s @melissafordm at the Global Prosperity Forum.
“We also, as the United States, need to demand security,” she tells @ACFPCenter’s @patrickwquirk.
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We’re not going to compete dollar for dollar with China, but we do have a unique value proposition, says @MCCgov’s Dan Petrie about the US alternative to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.
What we offer and how we do it make MCC and the US government stand out, he adds.
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🇬🇧 @BritishIntInv’s Colin Buckley on China’s Belt and Road Initiative:
“The problem with China is that they got it wrong by asking for everything.”
“And they have been left with a lot of debt,” he tells @ACFPCenter’s Kimberly Reed.
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LIVE NOW | The @ACFPCenter Global Prosperity Forum convenes policymakers, industry leaders, and scholars to explore actionable solutions for global development, freedom, democracy, and shared prosperity. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1XxygmMBD…
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“We know that private sector-led development is essential to growth – it is the way that countries grow,” says @DFCgov’s Bethany Aquilina Brez at the @ACFPCenter Global Prosperity Forum.
“It’s really essential to getting more US companies into these markets as well,” she adds.
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“We are trying to make our country more prosperous,” says @DeputySecState Christopher Landau at the @ACFPCenter Global Prosperity Forum.
“Making our country more prosperous does not imply making other countries less prosperous,” he adds.
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“Our data shows that political freedom and the rule of law have been declining globally since 2012,” says @ACFPCenter Chairman Michael Fisch at the Global Prosperity Forum.
Watch now: ➡️ bit.ly/4smWOyE