How USAID – the world's largest aid agency – is being dismantled
The message in USAID's 2018 advertising campaign stands in stark contrast to the reality for US aid partners around the world in 2025. Image: USAID US Agency for International Development Assistance/Flickr
Of: Isabel Odelfelt
When Donald Trump takes office as president, he orders USAID's work to be paused and reviewed for 90 days. In a month, 90% of all projects have been closed and thousands of employees have lost their jobs worldwide. At the same time, the agency is left with unpaid debts of tens of millions of dollars. Utvecklingsmagazine investigates what has happened.
March 7, 2025, Development magazine explains