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Disrupting Aid: Security and Economic Implications

Disrupting Aid: Security and Economic Implications

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 The United States has been the largest aid donor in the world, accounting for about 40% of humanitarian assistance last year, according to the UN. But that is quickly changing. Most U.S. foreign aid is currently on hold. Thousands of projects are at risk of elimination. And nearly all staff from the United States Agency for International Development are on administrative leave. How did we get to this moment? And what has been the impact of the American foreign aid freeze so far, including on women and girls? In the newest season of the Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, we are following the U.S. foreign aid news. In this first episode, you will hear a conversation we taped at Foreign Policy’s Emerging Threats Forum, a side event of the Munich Security Conference, about the economic and security implications of halting overseas development assistance. Foreign Policy Editor-in-Chief Ravi Agrawal spoke with Ndidi Okonwo Nwuneli, President and CEO of the One Campaign, and Umulkher (Umi) Harun Mohamed, Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya. Their conversation focuses on Africa, which gets about 30% of U.S. foreign aid annually. ******** If you want to share how this disruption of aid is impacting your life, please be in touch. It can be anonymous, if you prefer. You can reach us at podcasts@foreignpolicy.com. The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women is a podcast from Foreign Policy, supported in part by the Gates Foundation and Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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