This paper was written in November 2024 prior to the inauguration of President Trump, and as such does not reflect or account for the changes that have occurred in the development space since then due ...

In June 2024, Lee Jae-myung, then the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, declared that under then-President Yoon Suk-yeol “$10 billion in aid to Africa eventually disappears into thin air.” More ...

While development aid is an often-overlooked aspect in bilateral relations and geopolitics, international development cooperation is a prominent foreign policy tool for China, as was foreign aid for ...

At a time when many official development assistance budgets are being cut, the global aid community has been left scrambling to adapt. Now more than ever, aid programs must focus squarely on proven ...

Military aid intact, strategic support prioritized over development programs Jordan locks in additional aid from Europe, Gulf, and multilateral lenders Jordan's stability deemed critical to U.S.

In ten short years, the UK government went from proclaiming its commitment to eradicate global poverty to slashing foreign assistance – and it is not alone in doing so. To restore a principled ...

The US canceled two aid projects in Cambodia in late February — one to encourage child literacy and another to improve nutrition and development for kids under five. A week later, China’s aid agency ...

As China soared to economic prominence in recent decades, it also emerged as a leading source of finance for low- and middle-income countries, according to statistical records, issuing over $1 ...

Two Australian-backed aid projects were left in limbo when the United States government cut USAID funding, slashing billions of dollars of aid worldwide. Freedom of Information (FOI) documents ...