Developing crisis: why foreign aid needs an overhaul

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  On the 24th of January, Donald Trump's administration made an unprecedented announcement.

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  Late today, the U.S.

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  State Department suspended all foreign assistance around the world for at least three months.

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  Bottom line, Jeff,

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  every dollar being spent in terms of U.S. foreign assistance around the world is now being paused.

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  Overnight, the work carried out by the United States Agency for International Development,

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  or USAID, was halted.

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  pending a 90-day review.

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  Projects ranging from distributing HIV drugs in Africa to mine clearing in Southeast Asia were thrown into jeopardy.

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  America is by far the world's largest aid donor,

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  accounting for about 40% of all humanitarian assistance provided by governments.

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  The whole global aid system was thrown into chaos.

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  So we are seeing children going without...

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  Food, medicines, life-saving things that they need.

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  We can't now support those three primary health centers.

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  We can't now support the food.

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  We can't now support that entire network of community midwives.

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  When President John F. Kennedy set up USAID in 1961,

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  he explained that the U.S. had moral obligations as a wise leader and good neighbor to support poor people around the world.

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  Plus, economic development aid, it was assumed,

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