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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Playing Out on the Ground in the World’s Worst Crises

Today on the Big Take: International foreign aid is down 17% this year. Crisis Group CEO Comfort Ero explains what that looks like on the ground.

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The dismantling of USAID is contributing to a 17% drop in international foreign aid this year. That’s put some of the world’s worst conflicts in competition with each other for attention and resources.