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Voices: The Tories are making a fatal mistake in push to cut UK foreign aid to a new low

The Conservative Party’s announcement this week that it would cut £47bn from public spending over the next parliament – including a proposal to slash overseas development aid to just 0.1 per cent of ...
Digital Journal

Public or private? Funding debate splits reeling aid sector

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses the UN's 4th International Conference on Financing and Development on June 30, 2025 - Copyright AFP/File Peter PARKS ...
Forbes

World Food Prize Laureate Urges A Rethink Of Foreign Aid Amid Cuts

A February rally in Upper Senate Park to demand that congress and President Trump act to restore foreign aid. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) The world’s biggest aid donors are ...
The Diplomat

What the Trump Administration Can Learn From Aid Reorganizations in Australia, NZ, and Canada

As the administration considers folding USAID into the State Department, it should study lessons learned from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand – all of which have done the same. There is much ...
The Economist

Aid cannot make poor countries rich

The capital of Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, runs on aid. A city built in the 1970s by the World Bank, Lilongwe’s straight streets are filled with charities, development agencies and ...
Global South World on MSN

Samoa roundup: Aid for sports, media reform debate, climate action

Aid announced to support rugby development in Samoa, Fiji and Tonga New support has been announced for rugby development across Samoa, Fiji and Tonga, highlighting the continued importance of the ...