A recent Devex Newswire exclusive reveals a possible restructuring plan for USAID: the creation of a new humanitarian assistance bureau within the State Department, effectively dissolving the world’s largest bilateral aid agency. The plan, reportedly shared by USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance chief Tim Meisburger, has triggered concern across the global development community, especially among NGOs invested in localization and development priorities beyond humanitarian response.
In the article, Justin Fugle, director of policy at Plan International USA, reflects on the current political climate and the limited role Congress has played so far. “They have not been involved very much in the foreign aid review, in the dismantling of USAID,” he says. But he notes that lawmakers still have an opportunity to help define what U.S. foreign aid looks like going forward.
Read more: Devex Newswire – Exclusive details on one map for USAID’s future
