The decision to stop work at the U.S. Agency for International Development, and effectively shut down its operations, has been little short of a disaster for its implementing partners.
Thousands of people have been laid off without pay. Many organizations may have to shutter altogether. And life-saving work has been called to a halt, potentially forever.
Over the past few days, several sources within the sector, along with Devex journalists, have been working to understand the full scale of the impact. Here we map out in numbers what we know — and what we can only guess.