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The Biden-Harris White House just released the U.S. Strategy on Global Development. The strategy continues the administration’s current goals and how they achieve them. The higher-order goals are:
- Reduce Poverty through Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth and Quality Infrastructure Development
- Invest in Health, Food Security, and Human Capital
- Decarbonize the Economy and Increase Climate Resilience
- Promote Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance and Address Fragility and Conflict
- Respond to Humanitarian Needs
The “Underlying Principles and Values” describe how these goals will be achieved.
- More involvement of locally lead entities to manage local solutions
- Leverage the private sector, meaning financing and investment
- Multilateral engagement – UN, multilateral financial institutions and bilateral entities.
- No one is left behind, by involving marginalized and underrepresented people in programs and workforce
- Advance development cooperation through country ownership, results focus, transparent, mutual accountability, and inclusive partnerships to drive progress
- Principled humanitarian assistance that is apolitical, needs-based, independent, and cost-effective to maximize impact
The strategy draws a direct connection between global development and national security. Readers should pick up on the indirect references to “our competitors” and “other models” of development to see the shadow of China in this strategy. The outcome of the presidential elections will determine if this strategy will continue or some of the ideas in Project 2025.
Read the strategy here.
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