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U.S. skips global UN Financing for Development conference aimed at raising trillions to combat poverty
Co-hosts the U.N. and Spain believe the meeting is an opportunity to close the staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap.
Bush and Obama fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration in an ...
Bush, Obama — and singer Bono — fault Trump's gutting of USAID on agency's last day
Monday was the last day as an independent agency for the six-decade-old humanitarian and development organization created by ...
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International Conference on Financing for Development opens with a renewed global framework to tackle sustainable development challenges
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) opened today in Sevilla with the adoption of the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla, an intergovernmentally negotiated ...
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Fact Sheet: Trump’s Rescission Request Would Slash Spending on Foreign Assistance Programs That Benefit American Interests
The Trump administration’s FY 2025 rescission package would eliminate more than $8 billion in investments critical to global ...