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),

A former USAID official and three businessmen have plead guilty to their involvement in a $550 million bribery scandal, according to the Justice Department.

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The Senate approved a bill to cut $9.4 billion from public broadcasting and international aid, with the House facing a Friday deadline.

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 ...

UNESCO works to improve literacy, with a special focus on girls in countries hit by war or disasters who get little or no schooling though programs such as the Malala Fund for Gir