VOA常速英语2019--美国推出‘繁荣非洲’以帮助非洲自力更生（在线收听）

At the U.S.-Africa Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, U.S. officials outlined the goals and parameters of a key component of the U.S. Government’s Africa strategy.

在莫桑比克首都马普托举办的美非峰会上，美国多位官员描绘了美国政府非洲战略关键因素的目标和参数。

Prosper Africa, USAID Administrator Mark Green explained on June 19, is a new approach. A new framework. A framework that seeks to liberate and mobilize private enterprise. He added, I believe it gives us an opportunity to double two-way trade and investment in the years ahead.

美国国际开发署（USAID）署长马克·格林于6月19日表示，“繁荣非洲”是新举措，是新框架。这个框架的目标是解放并动员私企。他补充表示，我认为该举措让我们有机会在未来数年间实现双向贸易和投资的翻倍。

Prosper Africa is a coordinated, whole-of-government approach that harnesses U.S. foreign assistance tools in ways aimed at promoting stability, good governance, and an enterprise-friendly, enabling environment.

繁荣非洲的举措需要整个政府的协调运作，需要动用美国对外援助的各种工具，而使用这些工具的方式要有一个目标——促进稳定、有效治理、对企业友好、不对大环境做过多限制。

Pointing to the economic successes of South Korea and India, among others, Administrator Green said, Private enterprise is the single most powerful force on Earth, lifting lives and building community. In terms of creating sustainable opportunities for rising young Africans, nothing else comes close, he declared

在提到韩国和印度所取得的经济成功时，署长格林表示，私营企业是世界上最有力量的存在，它们可以提升人民生活并构筑社群。就为非洲崛起的年轻人创造可持续机会而言，没有什么比私营企业更合适，他如是说道。

Prosper Africa will be demand-driven and private-sector led. It will align the tools of the public sector to leverage the innovation, resources, knowledge and networks of our private sector, said Administrator Green.

繁荣非洲将需要需求的驱动和私营企业的引领。繁荣非洲将集结国营经济的各种工具，并利用私营企业的创新、资源、知识、网络，格林如是说道。

Among other lines of effort, Prosper Africa, he explained, will facilitate transaction by providing blended finance, loan guarantees, market intelligence, advocacy and a range of services to de-risk investments; it will develop and deepen markets by tapping into local ventures to provide matchmaking services with U.S. companies and African supply and value chain departments; and it will level the playing field for U.S. businesses by identifying and removing policy regulatory and logistical trade barriers in ways that increase transparency and lower the cost of doing business in Africa.

他表示，繁荣非洲和其他领域的努力一样，可以促进交易，方式就是提供混合型金融、贷款担保、市场咨询、倡导活动以及一系列服务，从化降低投资风险；繁荣非洲还将发展并深化市场，方式就是充分发挥当地私营企业的潜力，为美国企业和非洲供应链和价值链搭桥牵线；繁荣非洲还将为美国企业提供平等的竞争平台，方式就是鉴别并撤销政策监管和物流贸易方面的壁垒，消除这些壁垒的方式可以提升透明度并降低在非洲经营企业的成本。

Administrator Green noted that the mission of USAID is to foster the journey to self-reliance. Prosper Africa will help break the debt trap that authoritarian funders have planted like landmines in too many parts of this continent, he said. Prosper Africa creates options and alternatives for African leaders who are seeking just a little bit of help with their plans for the future. It will help Africans seize the power of investment and enterprise, and it will accelerate their journey to self-reliance.

署长格林表示，USAID的任务是促进非洲早日实现自力更生。繁荣非洲将助力打破债务陷阱，这些陷阱是独裁资助方安置的，就像地雷一样，在非洲大地的很多地方都存在，他如是说道。繁荣非洲为非洲领导人创造了多种可能性和选择，而非洲领导人也在寻求一些帮助来实现未来的规划。繁荣非洲将助力非洲充分利用投资和私营企业的力量，也将促进非洲实现自力更生。