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Re Trump/Rubio's aid freeze: If you work for a U.S. aid implementer -- in particular, #PEPFAR or #PMI -funded programs -- would love to hear first-hand how "stop work" orders are being interpreted on the ground. DMs are open. Happy to keep confidential.

The second Trump administration is bringing significant shifts in aid and development policy. Stay updated with Center for Global Development expert analysis on major policies, decisions, and impacts from the new administration. ⬇ cgdev.org/tags/second-tr…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just cut the UK aid budget from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3% in 2027 to fund increases in defence spending. He says he’s making tough choices, but cutting funding for the world’s poorest people is the easiest—and cruellest—choice he could make (1/4)

"The UK government will cut spending on development assistance from 0.5% to 0.3% in 2027 to fund the greater investment in defence", Prime Minister Keir Starmer says. Center for Global Development's Ian Mitchell responds:

"Gary Locke, the U.S. ambassador to China during that period, said he’d never seen a U.S. initiative have such an 'immediate, dramatic impact in a country.'"

How many lives does U.S. foreign aid save? And how much is Rubio actually proposing to cut? It's hard to keep up. Here's a quick thread on two new pieces with Charles Kenny, diving into the fuzzy and rapidly changing numbers:

Each dot represents 10 people whose lives depend on US foreign aid for HIV prevention & treatment. Without it, 1.6m people could die per year. Charles Kenny & I were pleased to work with Nicholas Kristof and the NYT data viz team to show the stakes of what’s happening at USAID.

.Charles Kenny & Justin Sandefur estimate that US foreign aid saves 3.3 million lives per year. What happens when that aid is paused? Visualize the impacts of the USAID freeze through their work with Nicholas Kristof in New York Times Opinion: nyti.ms/3RkPT8Y

What's that, you want a round-up of papers presented at the CSAE conference last week?

.Center for Global Development's analysis of the UK aid cuts is presented to the Prime Minister here by the chair of the International Development Committee, Sarah Champion. Read the analysis: cgdev.org/blog/breaking-…

Rich Countries Are Exporting Thousands of Tons of Toxic Paint to Poor Countries We present new data in this Center for Global Development paper & blog, with Rory Todd Rachel Bonnifield

With global education aid declining, now’s the time to make what remains truly catalytic—amplifying government budgets that already cover 61% of education spending in LMICs. I make the case in this new CGD blog. cgdev.org/blog/less-educ…

You can say you're firing everyone at USAID and folding the agency into State, or you can say you're shrinking the State Department. Doing both implies you're really not going to execute the budget Congress passed.

Professional update: In June, I’ll be joining the Center for Global Development as a Senior Fellow. I’m enthusiastic to generate and disseminate policy-actionable research with fabulous colleagues under @RGlenner’s leadership.

Incredible work by colleagues Gabriela Smarrelli Yi Ning Wong at Center for Global Development on school-related violence. Great tool for those working to make schools safer --

Creating safe, inclusive and supportive learning environments is essential to make sure that all children learn. On the sidelines of the #EWF25, GPE, Center for Global Development and FCDO Girls’ Education co-organized a high-level roundtable to launch the International Task Force to End School Violence.

For children to learn, schools must be safe havens. A roundtable hosted by GPE, FCDO Girls’ Education, and Center for Global Development in the margins of #EWF25 launched a new Ministerial Taskforce to #EndViolence in and around schools. g.pe/lhxV50VY5Q8

"The First Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure" Next week, at Center for Global Development in DC. If you haven't registerd already, (I think) it's not too late. Come hang out -- link below.

"Floods", by Dev Patel, is one of the more astounding Big Data econ papers I have ever seen. Machine learning can be used on satellite data to essentially do magic. How damaging are floods? How much do they affect human capital attainment? A thread on the paper 1/

What do we learn about how to implement parent-adolescent interventions from a pilot to combat early marriage in Bangladesh? cgdev.org/publication/ta… Great analysis from Radhika Nagesh, Gabriela Smarrelli, et al.