The Trump administration questioned the USAID Humanitarian Agency to turn into the Foreign Department, questioned the future of tens of billions of billions of dollars for financial assistance in some poorest countries in the world.
According to the Economic Cooperation and Development Organization (OECD), the United States is the world’s largest provider of official development assistance.
Most of its support is through the United States agency for International Development, which is an independent government agency established by the Congress in 1961.
What does USAid do?
Usaid is the largest human and development branch of the US government so far, which has a workforce of about 10,000 people worldwide and an annual budget of billions of billions of people worldwide.
The Congress approves the funding of USAID every year. The humanitarian agency then works with the Congress and the White House to determine its investment priorities, while the Foreign Department provides it with foreign policy guidance.
According to USAID, money is paid through grants, contracts and “cooperative agreements”.
In the financial year of 2023, USAID managed more than $ 40 billion in joint appropriations, a recent report by the Congress Research Services (CRS).
This was more than one third of the state department, foreign operations and related programs approved overall budget.
Nevertheless, it represents about 0.7 percent of the US government’s $ 6.1 trillion in spending during that period.
Which countries do it support?
According to CRS, USAID had projects in about 130 countries in 2023, the most recent year for which full data was available.
The top three recipients of aid are Ukraine, Ethiopia and Jordan respectively.
The scale of funding of USAID is important for Ukraine, according to the US government data with the war -torn European country, obtaining more than $ 16 billion in macroeconomic support.
The CRS report stated that in 2023, 70 out of 77 countries out of 77 countries received USAID assistance to low and low-medium income countries.
Other aid’s top recipients include Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Syria.
What does Usaid fund do?
The USAID funding in 2023 Gayed to address the “governance” issues close to $ 17 billion, stating that most of it was lucky for Ukraine.
Additionally, about $ 10.5 billion dollars went to address human issues, while $ 7 billion was kept separate for health, and about $ 1.3 billion went to agriculture.
The USAID also provided direct budgetary assistance to several countries around the world, which, according to the US government data, includes a cash transfer of over $ 770 million to the Jordan government, a major US ally in the Middle East.
Other major programs funded by USAID in 2023 include $ 811 million for global funds to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and more than $ 330 million in emergency food and nutrition aid for Afghanistan.
The White House published a statement on Monday stating that “waste and misuse” was highlighted, stating that it is present in the USAID, with “advance variations in Serbia workplaces and professional communities” advance variety ” And $ 1.5 million to include. ,
A usaid.gov fact sheet that appeared as a program was taken down by Monday evening to fit that details in Serbia.
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