“Looking into Project 2025: USAID” by DavidNash

This is a link post. Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise is 922 pages of US governing proposals from the Heritage Foundation, with ideas for multiple departments. From the recent executive orders it seems like parts of Project 2025 are already or in the process of being implemented. They have a 30 page section on the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and I thought it would be useful to go through and see what the new US government may be attempting to do in the next few years. I’ve given a brief summary of most of the topics without much comment.   Key Issues Aligning U.S. Foreign Aid to U.S. Foreign Policy U.S. foreign aid currently suffers from fragmentation across approximately 20 different government offices, agencies, and departments, resulting in poor alignment with broader foreign policy strategy. The proposed solution is to authorise the USAID Administrator [...] ---Outline:(00:45) Key Issues(00:49) Aligning U.S. Foreign Aid to U.S. Foreign Policy(01:21) Countering China's Development Challenge(02:08) Climate Change(02:49) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Agenda(03:18) Refocusing Gender Equality on Women, Children, and Families(03:58) Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance(04:36) International Religious Freedom(05:27) Streamlining Procurement and Localizing the Partner Base(06:14) Global Health(08:31) Holding Multilateral Organizations Accountable(08:49) Global Humanitarian Assistance(10:05) Leveraging Foreign Aid to Unleash the Power of America's Private Sector(10:28) Branding(10:47) Regions(10:50) Asia(11:45) Middle East(12:47) Africa(13:54) Latin America--- First published: January 22nd, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/rPzcjdfTaDHYi7jMr/looking-into-project-2025-usaid --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.