A Gavi spokesperson confirms that “as the United States government has not yet pledged to Gavi it is currently not on the Gavi Board.” Plus, the latest from Davos, and will U.S. President Donald Trump actually spend foreign aid money?
Even if Congress passes this budget bill, will the Trump administration spend the money as directed? Experts explored that question in a Devex Pro Briefing.
U.S. Sen. Chris Coons is optimistic that Congress will pass the $50 billion foreign aid budget bill next week and President Donald Trump will sign it. Plus, tips to start a development job search in 2026, and the inside story on Food for Peace’s transition to USDA.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Democratic senator said he is hopeful that lawmakers will pass — and Trump will sign — a multimillion-dollar foreign aid funding bill currently being discussed on Capitol Hill.
Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar offers up his predictions for the year ahead.
Bill restores funding for programs the administration previously cut, but questions remain over whether officials will honor Congress’ "power of the purse" or be able to bring on the staff and expertise to effectively implement the programs.
As traditional foreign assistance tumbles, 2026 will be a year of hard questions — and profound reckoning — for the global development community.
For the latest episode of our podcast series, Business Editor David Ainsworth sits down with reporters Adva Saldinger and Colum Lynch to discuss the top global development stories of the week.
U.S. lawmakers released a foreign assistance appropriations bill that allocates $9.4 billion for global health.
The compromise appropriations bill avoids deeper cuts proposed by President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers, rebrands or consolidates major aid accounts and saves key programs.
A look back at our most-read stories and opinion pieces in 2025.
USAID spent years concocting a $17 billion effort to rethink global health supply chains — only for the Trump administration to unceremoniously cancel the planned contracts. What's the plan to replace NextGen?
Board selects new countries in Latin America as MCC expands its work in the hemisphere on the heels of other long-awaited changes.
The Trump administration’s global health strategy sidelines NGOs but experts say there is still a part for large NGOs to play if they can adapt and prove their relevance in this new reality. Plus, a new declaration on noncommunicable diseases defies U.S. power.
For the latest episode of our podcast series, David Ainsworth sits down with Michael Igoe and Elissa Miolene to discuss the top global development stories of the week.
It hasn’t always been clear who is calling the shots in the new world of U.S. foreign aid. Here is our rundown of the key players you need to know in a moment of uncertainty.
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation is set for a reauthorization. Plus, AGOA’s uneasy return, and a new push for multilateral bank alignment could point to a development finance system expanding fast — and operating under closer political control.
“What we’re seeing anecdotally is a recreation of the things that we just tore down,” says Rohit Nepal, the Department of State vice president at the American Foreign Service Association.
The Trump administration is aggressively implementing its "America First" global health strategy, moving with the same rapid intensity with which it dismantled USAID.