Four takeaways, three charts, and one existential question raised by new data on official development assistance.

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump’s new administration has plunged international development assistance into an existential crisis. Within hours of taking office in January, the ...

The U.S. is urging other nations to back a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations as part of the Trump ...

This is the fourth article in an SSIR series authored by T. Alexander Puutio and other global development experts and leaders on how the sector can chart a path forward in the face of government ...

Wealthy nations slashed their development aid in 2025, probably by record-breaking amounts, a debt group said, ahead of data ...

In a word increasingly dominated by conflict and tension, international aid seems to be one of the first casualties. The past few years have seen a growing number of countries slashing or scaling back ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces a major defense spending increase, funded by deep cuts to foreign aid—raising concerns about the future of global development and humanitarian efforts. Foreign ...

The dismantling of USAID is the culmination of a decade-long realignment of Western approaches to development, inspired by China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The GSEZ Mineral Port in Gabon, one of the ...

More than one year since massive foreign aid cuts and the eventual closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Oxfam outlines what USAID did and the ripple effects of losing it. U.S.

Wealthy Nations Slashed Development Aid in 2025 for Second Year in Row, Debt Group Says By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, April 8 (Retuers) - Wealthy nations slashed ⁠their ⁠development aid in 2025, ...