As the U.K. government embarks on what many fear will be a third round of cuts to international development programs, an uncertain future lies ahead for the country’s once-lauded aid project.
Mark Lowcock, speaking to Devex before the latest announcement suspending aid funding, said he believes there is a “real worry” that the world is leaving behind the global agenda of tackling extreme poverty — an agenda he said the U.K. used to be a “leader” on.
“It's quite shortsighted because the consequence will be [that] the problems that start in these very impoverished and stressed places will spread,” he said.