The Second Trump Administration and Development: The First 100 Days

In 1948, Congress overwhelmingly passed what would become known as the Marshall Plan. That act appropriated $13.3 billion over 1948-51 for Europe’s recovery, equivalent to about $150 billion today. It was proposed by a former general, not an economist or a politician, a man who understood well what ...

A viral claim, spread and amplified by Elon Musk, suggests that only 10 percent of USAID money reaches its intended beneficiaries. This is a wildly incorrect and misleading interpretation of a different statistic—that 10 percent of USAID payments are made directly to organizations in the developing ...

Four areas with potential for some common ground, and hopefully the basis for better and more constructive conversations, when it comes to the migration debate in the US.

The Trump administration’s stop-work order highlights precisely why we need a new model for health aid—one in which domestic financing supports the highest priority, core health services. On 20 January, the US State Department ordered an immediate pause on (nearly) all foreign aid spending. The “sto...