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Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s February threat to stop all U.S. aid to foreign countries and only issue loans may be an opportunity in disguise. Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s February threat to stop all U.S. aid to foreign countries and only issue loans may be an opportunity in disguise. In 2017, while serving as the president, Trump tried to cut U.S. spending on international affairs by more than a third.
Dear Unlock Aid Community, Last week, Devex and the Bureau for Investigative Journalismpublished a long-form investigation into USAID’s largest-ever foreign aid contract, the agency’s $9.5 billion Global Health Supply Chain award.
The global health supply chain is an ideal sector for USAID and the DFC to test the concept of a Commercialization Fund: First, virtually every industry relies on robust supply chains to get goods around the world. There are dozens of African logistics companies that deliver goods to last-mile communities every day, including hard-to-transport items that require cold-chain storage like perishable goods and vaccines.
Targeted awards can free up money where its most needed. U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Samantha Power testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on May 17.
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