The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum
- Written by Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
Hard on the heels of Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID, the United Kingdom has ripped more than A$12 billion (£6 billion) from its foreign assistance budget.
The double hit from two of the globe’s biggest contributors to international development has been branded a betrayal of poorer countries that will cost lives.
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