This paper was written in November 2024 prior to the inauguration of President Trump, and as such does not reflect or account for the changes that have occurred in the development space since then due ...

While development aid is an often-overlooked aspect in bilateral relations and geopolitics, international development cooperation is a prominent foreign policy tool for China, as was foreign aid for ...

In June 2024, Lee Jae-myung, then the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, declared that under then-President Yoon Suk-yeol “$10 billion in aid to Africa eventually disappears into thin air.” More ...

Military aid intact, strategic support prioritized over development programs Jordan locks in additional aid from Europe, Gulf, and multilateral lenders Jordan's stability deemed critical to U.S.

In ten short years, the UK government went from proclaiming its commitment to eradicate global poverty to slashing foreign assistance – and it is not alone in doing so. To restore a principled ...

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

As China soared to economic prominence in recent decades, it also emerged as a leading source of finance for low- and middle-income countries, according to statistical records, issuing over $1 ...