Development finance after Trump

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the Trump Administration's policies on development finance and aid effectiveness.

The Trump Administration has closed the world’s largest bilateral aid programme, USAID and poured scorn on its past effectiveness. Other donors are also cutting their aid programmes at the same time as there is a growing chorus of concern around aid effectiveness. It has created ‘’ a perfect storm” in the world of development finance. Can there be a happy ending or is development another casualty of Trump’s new global disorder?

Topics covered

• development finance
• aid effectiveness
• Trump administration
• bilateral aid
• global disorder

Keywords

• development finance
• USAID
• Trump
• aid programs
• global disorder

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USAID

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