The Center for Global Development posted on 24 March 2025 a commentary titled "The USAID Shutdown: Where Next?" by Charles Kenny.
People have died because of the chaotic shutdown of US foreign assistance. USAID's financial system is largely non-operational. An estimated 800 of 4,500 USAID direct hire personnel were at work in mid-March and the Trump administration wants to reduce staffing to 300 or fewer employees. The author concludes "it is ridiculous to talk about a reform agenda when on the current trajectory there will be nothing left to reform."
