After 100 days, the toll of Trump’s foreign aid cuts has begun to sink in

After 100 days, the toll of Trump’s foreign aid cuts has begun to sink in

Here’s how programs on the ground in countries around the world have been upended by President Donald Trump’s swift dismantling of most U.S. international aid.

What 100 Days of Foreign-Aid Cuts Looks Like to Those Still in the Field

One of the first acts of the first 100 days of President Trump’s Administration was an executive order that led to a large-scale cutback in American spending on foreign aid. Through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is now on the verge of dissolution, the U.S. had funded 40% of the world’s foreign assistance, including programs designed to combat disease, malnutrition, maternal mortality, totalitarianism, and …

Forex inflows to drop on us aid cut

Malawi faces a potential decline in foreign exchange inflows amounting to $177 million (about K310 billion), or 6.3 percent of the country’s annual import bill this year following the cancellation of United States foreign aid, it has emerged. In its analysis of the economic and welfare implications of the reduction of US foreign assistance in Malawi, International Food Policy Research Institute (Ifpri) says it expects the situation to result in …

Humanitarian and development actors are still struggling to measure the scale of cuts decided by the United States and other donors, as well as to estimate the number of lives affected.

On December 27, Bill Gates, the multimillionaire philanthropist, made a trip to Mar-a-Lago to have dinner with Donald J. Trump. Some people around him were surprised to have decided to go, but Gates wants to talk to whoever he hears. Dinner lasted three hours, and Trump seemed to enjoy, said a person close to him. They talked about poliomyelitis, an interest of both men, and Mr. Gates left the meeting “Frankly impressed” by the incoming presiden…

As Trump Cuts Foreign Aid, What Does It Mean for the Gates Foundation?

On Dec. 27, Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist, made a trip to Mar-a-Lago for dinner with Donald J. Trump. Some people around him were surprised that he had decided to go, but Mr. Gates wants to talk to whoever will listen. The dinner lasted three hours, and Mr. Trump seemed to enjoy himself, a person close to him said. They talked about polio — an interest of both men — and Mr. Gates left the meeting “frankly impressed” by the incoming …