Remember Trump, foreign aid is not free assistance – The Mail & Guardian

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Remember Trump, foreign aid is not free assistance – The Mail & Guardian

I was hosted by South Africa’s Democracy Development Programme to share my perspectives on the implications of USAid operations being halted, because Uganda is a beneficiary of US funding. I strongly oppose this globally peddled notion that foreign aid is free assistance, as many assume. US President Donald Trump’s halting the operations of USAid has sparked a fresh debate about foreign aid. Aid, regardless of whether it’s for infrastructure, he…