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Danny and Derek discuss the implications of the dismantling of USAID with economist Caitlin Tulloch.

Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek speak with Caitlin Tulloch, a former USAID economist and GiveDirectly’s head of research, about the destruction of USAID and the future of humanitarian aid. They talk about her work as an economist, USAID’s relationship to American power, the agency’s internal dynamics, the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID, the legal and institutional consequences, the impact on global health and humanitarian programs, the loss of response capacity, transactional aid policy, GiveDirectly, and Project Resource Optimization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison

Guest: Caitlin Tulloch

Topics covered

• humanitarian aid
• USAID
• economics
• global health
• American power
• aid policy

Keywords

• USAID
• humanitarian aid
• Caitlin Tulloch
• GiveDirectly
• Trump administration
• global health
• aid policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USAID, GiveDirectly, Trump administration

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