Reducing budget for foreign help by more than 90%, Trump administration says | News of poverty and development
The US State Department says foreign development programs and assistance will reduce by $ 54 billion.
The United States has dramatically reduced the budget of development and assistance programs abroad, with perennial contracts that have reduced by $ 92 percent, or $ 54 billion, said State Department.
After his inauguration on January 20, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking freezing all American foreign assistance for 90 days, and will undergo a review of higher political leadership to reduce consumption to programs that have not been aligned with his daily part “American Firt”.
In the part, he reviewed multi -year -old foreign assistance contracts awarded by the US International Development Agency (USAID), and the vast majority were eliminated during their course.
“Upon completion of the process that led the USAID leadership, including the tranša personally examined by the secretary [Marco] Rubio, almost 5,800 awards with the remaining value of $ 54 billion, was identified to remove as part of the first Agenda of America – a reduction of 92 percent, “said State Department spokesman in the statement.
The review also looked at more than 9,100 grants involving foreign assistance, worth more than $ 15.9 billion.
Upon completion of the examination, 4,100 grants worth almost $ 4.4 billion were targeted to be eliminated, a 28 percent decrease.
“These health eliminations will enable voters, together with their contracting and support officers, to focus on the remaining programs, find additional efficiency and more closely adjust the program to the priority of the US administration,” said the State Department spokesman.
Programs that have not been cut included food assistance, rescue medical treatments for diseases such as HIV and malaria, and support for countries, including Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela and Lebanon, among other things, a spokesman said.
