Since the start of the year, deep funding cuts have disrupted the global development landscape, and inclusive education for learners with disabilities has been no exception.
Early this year, the Trump administration announced that more than 80% of the international aid projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development would be cut. The United States’ contribution represented around 40% of global aid. Similarly, member countries of the European Union have slashed their aid and official development assistance, or ODA, budgets as they look inward.
At this month’s Inclusion International 18th World Congress, hosted in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Diane Richler, the chair of Inclusion International’s Catalyst for Inclusive Education, said USAID was the largest funder of inclusive education.
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Pelumi Salako
Pelumi Salako is a Nigerian journalist covering culture, technology, inclusive economies, and development. His works have appeared in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, NPR, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. He holds a B.A. in History and International Studies from the University of Ilorin.
