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Monday, June 30, 2025

What Happens When US Foreign Aid Winds Down?

 The New York Times published on 29 June 2025 a commentary titled "I Worked at U.S.A.I.D. for over 8 Years.  This Is Our Biggest Failure" by William Herkewitz.

This is the account of a former USAID employee in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda.  He identifies the positive role USAID played in humanitarian emergencies and what it will unlikely be able to do going forward following the dismantlement of the foreign aid agency.