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US isn't first country to dismantle its foreign aid office—what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID

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A federal judge halted the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development .

Peter Bergen : USAID 's swift destruction has sent shock waves across the globe.

He says this assault on foreign aid is not unprecedented, but it's not clear that dismantling DFID has made it more efficient or effective.

Bergen says foreign aid programs have made meaningful progress in improving health, education and freedoms.

By 2027 , the U.K. government will spend just 0.3% of its budget on overseas aid.

USAID 's budget was much larger than DFID 's's, and the administration apparently wants not to streamline U.S. foreign aid but halt it entirely.

The global health programs administered by USAID have received bipartisan and global praise.

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