An ambitious U.S. foreign aid bill designed to head off conflicts before they begin may finally be coming to fruition.
The U.S. government will, by the end of this year, release its long-awaited 10-year country and region-specific pilot strategies: the Global Fragility Act, a landmark bill passed by Congress in 2019 to prevent conflict in unstable regions, according to a top U.S. Agency for International Development official.
“Right now is a time crush” for country teams to develop collaborative, whole-of-country strategies to mitigate instability in conflict areas, USAID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization Robert Jenkins told Devex. This also includes collaboration with local governments and civil society.