Foreign Aid Explained: Types, Leading Donors, and Global Impact

Learn about foreign aid, its forms like grants and loans, top donor nations, and how it influences global relations and ...
Pew Research Center

What the data says about U.S. foreign aid

The Trump administration’s recent moves to freeze foreign aid and shutter the primary agency that distributes it have thrown a spotlight on a relatively small, yet enduringly controversial, piece of ...
CNN

One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030

It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination ...
Reuters

Wealthy nations slashed development aid in 2025 for second year in row, debt group says

JOHANNESBURG, April 8 (Retuers) - Wealthy nations slashed their development aid in 2025, probably by record-breaking amounts, a debt group said, ahead ‌of data set to be released on Thursday by the ...
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 ...
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 ...