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[https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5310673/usaid-trump-administration-global-health by Fatma Tanis, Frank Langfitt 26/2/25 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5310673/usaid-trump-administration-global-health by Fatma Tanis, Frank Langfitt 26/2/25 npr] | ||
The Trump administration is terminating thousands of USAID foreign assistance grants and awards, according to the State Department. The move effectively guts the six-decade-old agency. | The Trump administration is terminating thousands of USAID foreign assistance grants and awards, according to the State Department. The move effectively guts the six-decade-old agency. | ||
=====What USAID cuts mean for youth development — and what the world must do next===== | |||
[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/04/usaid-youth-development-cut-health-education/ by Michael Boampong 16/4/25 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | |||
A 2023 Social Return on Investment study found that investments in youth programming yield long-term dividends across peacebuilding, civic participation and economic resilience, demonstrating that cuts not only undermine individual opportunity but jeopardize collective progress. | |||
