The article discusses the recent deterioration of the aid industry, particularly due to cutbacks at USAID under President Trump's administration and similar actions by other nations. Despite the crucial assistance provided by the aid sector, critics argue that it has often served as a mechanism for geopolitical control rather than genuine humanitarian support. The ongoing conversation among development professionals, including reflections on the morality of their work, indicates a growing awareness that traditional approaches to aid may need reevaluation in pursuing a more equitable global system.
The moral center of our work is quietly slipping away and the uneasy realization that development's humanistic soul might be lost in a shuffle of contracts.
The soul of development has always been much less humanistic than its proponents assert. Aid has been a tool for geopolitical control.
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