USAID’s history shows decades of good work on behalf of America’s global interests, although not all its projects succeeded
- Written by Christian Ruth, America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida
Volunteers at a camp for internally displaced people in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, carry wheat flour donated by USAID in December 2021. J. Countess/Getty Images The Trump administration’s sudden dismantling of nearly all foreign aid, including the work carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development, has upended the government...