The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), responsible for distributing U.S. foreign aid, is facing increased scrutiny from the Trump administration, which has hinted at major restructuring or even closure. Established in 1961, USAID manages a budget of roughly $40 billion and focuses on humanitarian assistance, promoting public health, education, and human rights, while also advancing U.S. interests abroad. Recent concerns have arisen regarding the effectiveness of foreign aid in achieving U.S. objectives, leading to potential changes in USAID's operations.
Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects to further U.S. interests.Workers move bags of yellow lentils at an aid operation run by USAID , Catholic Relief Services and the Relief Society of Tigray in Mekele, Ethiopia, on June 16, 2021.The main agency tasked with distributing U.S.
The country that received the most USAID funding during the 2023 fiscal year was Ukraine during its ongoing war with Russia, according to ausing the most recent complete data available. The agency has also sent humanitarian aid to Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, and allocates funds to counter China's influence in the world.
Other top recipients of USAID assistance in that fiscal year included Ethiopia, Jordan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Yemen.which vanished in recent days, said the agency responds to an average of 75 humanitarian crises each year, and has recently provided support during ongoing emergencies in Haiti as well as countries in Africa and the Middle East.
Projects funded by USAID are typically implemented by U.S. or foreign nongovernmental and international organizations, nonprofit and for-profit contractors, universities or foreign governments.
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