Far more of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s planned spending may have been retained following recent aid cuts than had previously been thought, according to fresh calculations from the Center for Global Development.
CGD, a development think tank, made in-depth calculations based on two leaked lists of canceled and retained USAID awards, which have been widely circulated in the aid community.
According to CGD calculations, published in a blog on March 20, it is likely that only around 34% of all USAID awards, by dollar value, have been terminated.