In many ways, the last twenty years have been somewhat of a “revolution” in global health, as marked by rising attention, growing funding, and the creation of new, large scale initiatives to address ...

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

A batch of heavy machines donated by the Japan International Cooperation Agency to Ukraine, for removing debris caused by Russian attacks. Credit: Facebook/JICA Subscribe for ads-free reading “Japan’s ...

Abstract The second Gates Forum, held in December 2023 at William & Mary on the role of U.S. Development Assistance, aimed to answer a single overarching question: What concrete actions can the United ...

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 ...

To help explain the recent and ongoing foreign assistance pause, the ONE Campaign has compiled answers to several of the most frequently asked questions. Last updated Feb. 20, 2025. How did we get ...

Oxfam outlines what the U.S. Agency for International Development did and the real-life effects of USAID cuts. U.S. foreign aid has long played a critical role in tackling poverty, hunger, and ...

Since the end of the Cold War, dramatic changes in the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region have transformed Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) strategy, as evidenced by ...

This week, officials from around the world are meeting in Seville for a landmark event in the development policy calendar: the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development. The previous ...

Human development does not happen in a vacuum. A growing economy, an improved educational system, and better health outcomes cannot be removed from broader questions of governance, political stability ...