Which programs were hit hardest by the Trump administration’s aid cuts?

This Week in Global Development · Mar 28, 2025 · 36m

This week, the Trump administration released a detailed inventory of 5,341 discontinued USAID programs, alongside the 898 projects that are still active. We dig into the ins and outs of the data to assess the true scope of the government's policy changes, as well as reveal which programs have been most affected.

During the conversation, we also discussed how the Trump administration’s foreign policy is affecting U.N. agencies and their funding.

On the topic of the United Nations, the U.N. Arab Group, which represents the U.N.’s 22 Arab countries, has formally nominated Palestinian diplomat…