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What role is USAID playing globally?

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Nita Blake-Persen
February 4, 2025

Established in 1961, the US government's Agency for International Development, USAID, is the world's largest provider of humanitarian assistance to developing countries and those in crisis. Now, President Trump's efforts to cut federal spending have put its future in jeopardy.

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