As USAID ends operations, a former officer proposes four ways the State Department can build a more effective foreign assistance system focused on innovation and growth.

The White House is pictured. The Trump administration announced it would dismantle the United States Agency for International Development. (Courtesy of Matt H. Wade/Wikimedia Commons)

This week, the Trump administration has officially ceased to implement "foreign assistance programs that do not align with the Administration's policies and promote U.S. interests". One of the first decisions of Donald Trump when he returned to the White House on January 20 was to order the gradual dismantling of USAID (US Agency for International Development),

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The United States is committed to supporting Bangladesh's inclusive economic growth, institution building and development and will provide an additional $202 million of aid, a U.S. delegation said ...

The United States Agency for International Development is the United States Government agency which is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. Responding to President Barack ...

With the support of international partners and $115 million in funding, the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recently helped rebuild the Iraqi city of Mosul after it was devastated by the Islamic State group.