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Aid is now set to shrink from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3%.
USAID has a decades-long history of fighting smallpox, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.
Foreign aid has helped, but it leaves African countries vulnerable to the political mood swings of funders.
The dismantling of USAID underscores a larger trend of strategic and ideological considerations that have always influenced international development aid.
A$95 billion worth of USAID programs have been brought to a screeching halt. It’s a devastating decision for developing nations, but also for US foreign policy.
Donald Trump’s administration started work to shrink USAid’s workforce and align its spending with the government’s priorities.
Talk of the Trump administration closing USAID, the largest provider of food assistance, has sparked concerns on how it might impact global hunger.
Our research suggests companies look to foreign aid as a signal about whether or not to invest in post-war countries.
When foreign aid stops flowing, local leaders and diaspora communities can, under certain conditions, step in.
The US and Australia are increasingly attaching defence and security conditions to aid for Pacific nations – but that aid is not seeing any real progress on development goals.
The US has been involved in Syria in several important ways, including sanctioning Bashar al-Assad’s government for more than a decade.
Getting aid to countries before the storm or drought hits is one response increasingly being used to limit the damage.
British governments have neglected Africa and the Commonwealth due to domestic political and economic difficulties since Brexit.
Aid successfully narrowed gender gaps in nearly every country researchers examined.
High cocoa prices and a revitalised industry have resulted in a boom for Bougainville. But the long-lasting benefits will only materialise if the windfalls are saved and reinvested.
When developed countries cut foreign aid, it doesn’t just hinder international development, but also jeopardizes the international competitiveness of a donor country’s domestic businesses.
The Russia-Ukraine war over the past several months has been described as a stalemate and Russia’s latest offensive as a ploy. If so, it’s proving to be a successful one, and here’s why the West is to blame.
President Joe Biden is expected to soon sign the total $95 billion foreign aid package that covers Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
There are several reasons why supporting Ukraine helps the US too, including creating a deterrent for China, Russia and other potential adversaries.
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