Retire ‘Foreign Assistance’
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JULY 7, 2025
As dashboards chart the steepest retreat in development finance in recent times, the scale of the disruption dwarfs every previous contraction in the field. Foreign assistance” implies charity to strangers, prompting policymakers to ask how much altruism they can afford. Smarter incentives and stronger market signals can help.
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