Long Story Short #6: The 'America First' development agenda

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Guests: Adva Saldinger, Devex Associate Editor, and Michael Igoe, Devex Senior Reporter

A year into the Trump administration, we've seen budget cuts, job cancellations, and rumblings of a new U.S. International Development Finance Institution. What exactly would those changes mean for global development? And what’s in store for the second year of the Trump administration? Associate Editor Adva Saldinger and Senior Reporter Michael Igoe take you inside the "America First" development agenda.

Additional reading:
• US aid policy to watch in 2018
• Bipartisan bill gives US development finance a boost
• Exclusive: New US DFI expected to get strong White House support
• Support for new US development finance bill, even as some details are questioned
• What the US National Security Strategy says about global development
• Power Africa 2.0: A look at the new strategy

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