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View all search resultsThe global development landscape faces growing uncertainty, particularly following the United States’ announcement that it will dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID). A Foreign Ministry official said Indonesia, while still a developing country, sees this as an opportunity to expand its role as a development partner.
A political landscape increasingly dominated by right-wing sentiment has decimated Western aid spending, but the UK can still take greater leadership in today's global challenges, which require international cooperation by definition as well as the humanity that binds all peoples.
Written on February 16 by Peter Marocco, the acting USAID deputy administrator, the email provides a window into some of the thinking behind the administration's drive to terminate aid programs that it does not believe benefit the US.
Advocates of official development assistance rightly argue that it saves lives and serves national interests. But that does not change the fact that the system has been hemorrhaging credibility and resources for years and lacks a convincing narrative.
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