Beijing is responding to past international criticism and a domestic economic slowdown while offering a cost-effective tool ...

I have long favoured the complete elimination of the foreign aid industry but failed to make much headway in persuading my ...

In the wake of USAID’s funding freeze, many suspect China may step up and increase its oversea development assistance. What ...

President Trumps says U.S. foreign aid "doesn't align" with his America First agenda. But in Latin America, data suggest it ...

But the exit of US foreign assistance has created an opportunity for Beijing to strengthen its presence on the continent, say ...

The cuts to health aid have already interrupted essential services around the world, from antiretroviral therapy for HIV to ...

Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free-speech initiatives and ...

One of the most eye-catching decisions by Donald Trump since becoming American President for a second time was to freeze foreign aid. USAID is the agency that’s given billions of dollars to global ...

U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...

However, in recent decades, Africa's relationship with the global system has begun to shift, and China has been a key ...

Waiting in the wings is China. Some Chinese officials see the new vacuum in foreign aid as an opportunity to gain further influence across the world, according to reports in Hong Kong-based newspaper ...