The shutdown of USAID and the deeper crisis behind it
USAID's collapse exposes a bitter truth: global aid is fragile, bureaucratic, and ultimately at the mercy of politics at home and abroad.
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The writer is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, focusing on the political economy of development, particularly foreign aid effectiveness and accountability. His research centers on Pakistan, and he is a student of Urdu language and literature.
