Since being sworn in as United States president on Jan. 20, Donald Trump has left global development professionals scrambling to digest a flurry of decisions that are quickly impacting the sector.
His unprecedented orders to freeze U.S. foreign aid and withdraw from the World Health Organization quickly led to stop-work orders and hiring freezes. Since then, USAID has been effectively shuttered, tens of thousands of people have been laid off, and thousands of contracts have been canceled.
Here, Devex is tracking the impact on development as the new U.S. administration continues its efforts to realign government policies and priorities with Trump’s “America First” agenda.