This is a special Saturday edition of Devex Pro Insider from Senior Reporter Michael Igoe. For the next few months, this newsletter will tackle some of the biggest questions about the future of U.S. foreign aid, with insider reporting and analysis delivered straight to your inbox.
It is a confusing, overwhelming moment for the U.S. development community.
On one hand, there are a staggering number of aid-related processes currently underway — from the State Department’s ongoing foreign aid takeover, to an end-of-fiscal-year spending race, to a multibillion-dollar budget rescission, to lawsuits alleging the Trump administration’s aid shutdowns violated the Constitution, to congressional negotiations over next year’s budget (plus debates over big policy proposals), to strategic rethinks for U.S. global health programs.