The Second Trump Administration and Development: The First 100 Days

We present some estimates for lives saved by US assistance worldwide, with illustrative estimates by recipient country. Our core estimates are for deaths prevented from HIV/AIDS, vaccine-preventable illnesses covered by Gavi, tuberculosis, malaria, and emergency/humanitarian relief. We suggest the n...

The bottom line: we estimate the cancelled awards represent somewhere over 34 percent of USAID programming. And notably, “life-saving” program areas like maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis are not spared from major cuts. But there’s a lot of guesswork in those estimates.

Following the termination of thousands of USAID contracts and the overnight effort to shut down the agency itself, we have taken a closer look at the stakes for multilateral development banks (MDBs) and major vertical funds related to health, food, and climate that are recipients of US funding. In ...

During his speech to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Trump listed a number of foreign assistance projects he thought demonstrated “appalling waste.” Below is his list of examples and a little more context on what the projects were designed to achieve.