# Development finance after Trump

An episode of [LSE: Public lectures and events](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/279428154), 11 May 2026, 1 h 32 min.

Audio: https://richmedia.lse.ac.uk/publiclecturesandevents/20260511_1830_developmentFinanceAfterTrump.mp3

The Trump Administration has closed the world’s largest bilateral aid programme, USAID and poured scorn on its past effectiveness. Other donors are also cutting their aid programmes at the same time as there is a growing chorus of concern around aid effectiveness. It has created ‘’ a perfect storm” in the world of development finance. Can there be a happy ending or is development another casualty of Trump’s new global disorder?

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