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This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: 🇺🇸Foreign Assistance and Development 🇺🇸Only one party understands that foreign assistance and development programs are powerful tools for promoting American and global, security and prosperity. 1/12

#Democrats believe that foreign assistance and development programs are powerful tools for promoting American, and global, security and prosperity. 2/12
#DemPartyPlatform #ForeignAssistance #AmericanLeadership

With less than one percent of its annual budget, the United States gets an extraordinary return on its investments in the prevention and alleviation of poverty, hunger, disease, and conflict, 3/12 #DemPartyPlatform #ForeignAssistance #AmericanLeadership

#Democrats know that the empowerment of vulnerable and marginalized populations, benefits America including through the opening of global markets for American business and exports to thrive. 4/12 #DemPartyPlatform #ForeignAssistance #AnericanLeadership

That’s why #Democrats will ensure that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reclaims its position as the world’s premier development agency. 5/12 #DemPartyPlatform #USAID #ForeignAssistance

And it’s why #Democrats reject the Trump Administration’s punitive and transactional approach to foreign aid and its use to advance domestic political errands at the expense of our national interests.6/12 #DemPartyPlatform #ForeignAssistance

#Democrats will devote the resources and implement the reforms necessary to further multiply the impact of foreign assistance. 7/12 #DemPartyPlatform #ForeignAssistance #PrincipledDemocraticLeadership

#Democrats will reaffirm America’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and promote data efforts and transparency measures that ensure accountability and help identify areas for strategic investment. 8/12 #DemPartyPlatform #UnitedNations

#Democrats will incorporate local perspectives, including from civil society partners, into the design, execution, and evaluation of our programs to secure lasting impact. 9/12 #DemPartyPlatform #ForeignAssistance #PrincipledDemocraticLeadership

#Democrats will provide budgetary support and authority necessary to make sure our aid institutions, including the new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, are successfully integrated into broader international and private-sector development efforts. 10/12

#Democrats will lead international efforts to help developing countries withstand and recover from debt crises caused by the #COVID19 pandemic, 11/12 #DemPartyPlatform #AmericanLeadership

And #Democrats will push for international standards that establish more transparency and sustainability in development financing. 12/12 #DemPartyPlatform #ForeignAssistance