Four takeaways, three charts, and one existential question raised by new data on official development assistance.

The US slashing its outlay by more than half set the tone, making Germany the largest overall donor.International development aid fell by 23% in real terms in 2025 to the lowest levels since 2015, the ...

Wealthy nations slashed their development aid in 2025, probably by record-breaking amounts, a debt group said, ahead of data ...

The ITUC is raising the alarm after 2025 saw the largest ever annual fall in official development assistance (ODA), putting at risk progress to eradicate poverty and support democracy at a time of ...

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump’s new administration has plunged international development assistance into an existential crisis. Within hours of taking office in January, the ...

In a word increasingly dominated by conflict and tension, international aid seems to be one of the first casualties. The past few years have seen a growing number of countries slashing or scaling back ...

A worker arranges boxes of humanitarian aid from the now-defunct USAID at a at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, Kenya, June 3, 2025 (AP photo by Andrew Kasuku). Around the world, wealthy donor states ...

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, April 9 (Reuters) - Overseas development aid from the world's richest nations to poorer countries dropped by 23.1% in 2025 to $174.3 billion, the biggest ever year-on-year ...

Acting mostly with approval from the Republican-led Congress, President Trump clawed back money it had approved for ...

To allow more money for defence in an increasingly volatile world, in 2025 the UK cut its aid budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of ...

This is the fourth article in an SSIR series authored by T. Alexander Puutio and other global development experts and leaders on how the sector can chart a path forward in the face of government ...