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Feb 2025
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This Week in Global Dev: #86: The latest...

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This week we closely followed the latest developments on the U.S. government’s attempt at dismantling USAID. We learned that the Trump administration has decided to cut 1,600 USAID personnel based in the United States, while also placing nearly all direct hires worldwide on administrative leave by midnight Sunday. Simultaneously, the Trump administration t ... Show More
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