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Countries give foreign aid for both altruistic and self-interested reasons. Treating global diseases and addressing civil ...

Apart from a few countries including Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Luxembourg, the 0.7% target serves as a moral aspiration. Why do I stress moral? Because the coffers of foreign aid ...

Maternal mortality rates have declined significantly across the world since the turn of the century, but global health ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday claimed foreign aid programs that were cut in error would be restored. “There were a few ...

The withdrawal of aid by the U.S. and Europe could feed extremism and lead to a surge in emigration, experts warn.

Abrahim Mohammed Ishac/Reuters As Sudan plunges into another chapter of fighting, the country is enduring the world’s worst humanitarian crisis at a time of drastically shrinking foreign aid.

Sweeping tariffs on imports imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and countermeasures could have a "catastrophic" impact on ...

Such “tying” of aid is one among multiple ways donor countries help themselves. It is against this backdrop that U.S. foreign aid is losing its monopolies. In the 21 years up to 2022 ...

The halt of the flood of foreign aid money has left the country’s opposition demoralized. “After a hundred days of nonstop street protest, the winter of Georgian discontent fails to bear fruit ...