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USAID delivers billions of dollars in aid to dozens of countries. Shuttering it means wasted food, 'free-for-all' ISIS camps, and less HIV prevention. ... The news release then listed 12 examples ...
As countries develop and need less assistance, USAID shrinks and ultimately closes its resident missions. USAID has closed missions in a number of countries that had achieved a substantial level of prosperity, including South Korea, [79] Turkey, [80] and Costa Rica. USAID also closes missions when requested by host countries for political reasons.
USAID cuts, led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, may reduce aid to Ukraine, Jordan, and Ethiopia — but could reduce wasteful spending, Republicans say. USAID is on Trump and Musk's cost-cutting list.
In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, where USAID oversees services including HIV prevention and treatment, girls and women ages 15 to 24 are three times more likely to contract the virus than boys ...
The Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) is part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) and was developed to provide fast, flexible, short-term assistance to take advantage of windows of opportunity to build democracy and peace.
USAID unified already existing U.S. aid efforts, combining the economic and technical assistance operations of the International Cooperation Administration, the loan activities of the Development Loan Fund, the local currency functions of the Export-Import Bank, and the agricultural surplus distribution activities of the Food for Peace program ...
Trump's team has decried examples of USAID funding diversity, equity and inclusion, electric vehicles, contraception, and LGBTQ+ ideas and activism around the world.
In Colombia and Haiti, U.S. funding supports farming and fishing and provides incentives for people to stay rather than migrate to the U.S.