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https://thechinaproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CAP-Sinica-820x500-1.png820500The United States sees Africa as a key arena in which to confront China's rising influence in the developing world. With its $60 billion International Development Finance Corporation and its Prosper Africa policy framework unveiled last year, the Trump administration is working hard to present African governments with an alternative development model. The problem is that U.S. officials don't have a lot to show for their efforts.