Dissolution of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) can lead to global problems and crisis in many countries around the world. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated this on February 7 in his column of The Guardian.
"Last floods in Asia and droughts were catastrophic in Africa, but they were more damaged and fewer people were affected than the sudden withdrawal of billions of dollars in the world and the most vulnerable people," he said.
Brown emphasizes that the USAID's decision to capture the US President Donald Trump's plan, "the era, when American leaders appreciated their soft strength, approached."
He also said that Trump's claims about America's "extreme generosity" are exaggerated and false. Country spends 0.26% of its gross national income on international aid. For comparison, he said that the figure in the UK is a little more than 0.5%, and in Norway - 1.09%. The United Nations targets 0.7 percent.
"The drug supplies to fight against the outbreaks in Africa this week, the vital food reserves in African ports are breaking down, and even the initiatives to combat drug trafficking," Brown said. :
According to him, the decision to suspend international aid is destroying all the decades of efforts in the world, during which the United States has created its reputation in the world community.
"Further reductions will mean more deaths, and the poorest world will eventually make the United States more poorly ... only the most important view of what the" first America "can justify the catastrophe of the world." - stressed the speaker.
