{"id":1507,"date":"2025-09-18T17:06:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:50:46","slug":"trump-abandons-aid-to-poor-countries-nobel-prize-winner-in-economics-explains-the-effects-of-the-usaid-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/american-community-media\/trump-abandons-aid-to-poor-countries-nobel-prize-winner-in-economics-explains-the-effects-of-the-usaid-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP ABANDONS AID TO POOR COUNTRIES: NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN ECONOMICS EXPLAINS THE EFFECTS OF THE USAID CUTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The last months of Donald Trump’s administration have seen a change in US humanitarian aid and development policies. USAID cuts, justified on the grounds of alleged inefficiency and corruption, have mainly affected the development of various programs in developing countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a briefing organized by American Community Media (ACoM), in collaboration with the South Asian Literary Association and the San Francisco Arts Forum, Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019, explains the global domino effect caused by the Trump administration’s cuts to USAID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese were great years\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banerjee highlighted the positive results of the last twenty years in terms of poverty reduction. \u201cThese were great years. The world was going very much in a positive direction,\u201d said the Nobel laureate. Banerjee particularly highlights the reduction in poverty, maternal and infant mortality, and school participation for both boys and girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But cuts to US programs could pose a risk not only to the beneficiaries of these programs, but also to those who depend on humanitarian aid from other countries. \u201cA group of Western countries that have been important partners of the United States in terms of humanitarian aid have reorganized their defense budgets. Countries such as the United Kingdom and France have also cut their humanitarian aid,\u201d explains Banerjee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The professor of economics expresses his concern about what these cuts could mean for countries whose government budgets rely heavily on international aid. He also warns that in the case of nations experiencing humanitarian crises due to war and drought, this lack of funding could mean the loss of human lives in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International threat to public health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another area threatened by the US cuts to international humanitarian aid is health, due to the lack of interest in PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) and Gavi (The Vaccine Alliance), an international program that contributes to the global distribution of vaccines against 17 infectious diseases and benefits children around the world. \u201cThe current administration does not even believe in vaccination for its own people,\u201d Banerjee said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the alternatives?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Dr. Banerjee points out that there are countries, such as Spain and Norway, that are resisting the US trend of cutting humanitarian aid funds and have instead increased them, he also acknowledges that this is not enough due to the international economic context marked by the trade war against China, which could also take advantage of this aid vacuum in some countries. The economist points out that more developing countries should join this effort: India, Brazil, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to this, the Nobel laureate asserts that there is a way to replace the money that has been cut: \u201cif you take 1% of the wealth of the top 3,000 people in the world, that’ll certainly do a good job of replacing a lot of what\u2019s been lost\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we get here?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Dr. Banerjee was asked about the Trump administration’s arguments for cutting USAID, the economist dismissed them as \u201cclich\u00e9s.\u201d \u201cIt’s this obsession that money is being stolen somewhere, so therefore we have to stop it\u201d, he explained. However, he noted that in his experience he has seen no signs of corruption: \u201cExcessive due process? maybe sometimes, but not necessarily corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TRUMP ABANDONA LA AYUDA A LOS PA\u00cdSES POBRES: NOBEL DE ECONOM\u00cdA EXPLICA LOS EFECTOS DEL RECORTE DE USAID<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Los \u00faltimos meses de la administraci\u00f3n de Donald Trump han significado un cambio en las pol\u00edticas de ayuda humanitaria y desarrollo de los Estados Unidos. El recorte de USAID, bajo los argumentos de su supuesta ineficiencia y corrupci\u00f3n, ha afectado principalmente el desarrollo de diversos programas en pa\u00edses en desarrollo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En una conversaci\u00f3n organizada por la American Community Media <\/a>(ACoM), en colaboraci\u00f3n con la South Asian Literary Association and the San Francisco Arts Forum, el Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, ganador del Premio Sveriges Riksbank Prize en Ciencias Econ\u00f3micas en Memoria de Alfred Nobel 2019, explica el efecto domin\u00f3 a nivel global causado por los recortes a USAID de la administraci\u00f3n de Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFueron a\u00f1os maravillosos\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banerjee resalt\u00f3 los buenos resultados en los \u00faltimos veinte a\u00f1os respecto a la disminuci\u00f3n de la pobreza. \u201cEsos fueron a\u00f1os maravillosos. El mundo estaba yendo, en general, en una direcci\u00f3n positiva\u201d, se\u00f1ala el ganador del Nobel. Banerjee destaca particularmente la reducci\u00f3n de la pobreza, la mortalidad materna e infantil, y la participaci\u00f3n escolar tanto de ni\u00f1os como ni\u00f1as.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pero el recorte a los programas estadounidenses podr\u00eda significar un riesgo no solopara los beneficiarios de estos programas, sino tambi\u00e9n para aquellos que dependen de la ayuda humanitaria de otros pa\u00edses. \u201cUn grupo de pa\u00edses occidentales que han sido compa\u00f1eros importantes de los Estados Unidos en t\u00e9rminos de ayuda humanitaria ha reorganizado su presupuesto en defensa. Pa\u00edses como Reino Unido y Francia tambi\u00e9n han recortado su ayuda humanitaria\u201d, explica Banerjee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El profesor en Econom\u00eda expresa su preocupaci\u00f3n de lo que podr\u00eda significar estos recortes para pa\u00edses cuya parte sustancial de su presupuesto gubernamental proviene de ayudas internacionales. Adem\u00e1s, advierte que en el caso de naciones que atraviesan crisis humanitarias debido a guerras y sequ\u00edas, esta falta de presupuesto puede significar la p\u00e9rdida de vidas humanas en el corto plazo.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amenaza internacional contra la Salud P\u00fablica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otro aspecto amenazado por el recorte estadounidense de su ayuda humanitaria internacional es la salud, debido a la falta de inter\u00e9s en el PEPFAR (Plan de Emergencia del Presidente para el Alivio del SIDA) y Gavi (The Vaccine Alliance), un programa internacional que contribuye con la distribuci\u00f3n global de vacunas contra 17 enfermedades infecciosas y que beneficia a ni\u00f1os y ni\u00f1as alrededor del mundo. \u201cLa actual administraci\u00f3n ni siquiera cree en la vacunaci\u00f3n para su propia gente\u201d sentenci\u00f3 Banerjee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfCu\u00e1les son las alternativas?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Si bien el Dr. Banerjee destaca que hay pa\u00edses, como Espa\u00f1a y Noruega, que se resisten a la tendencia estadounidense de recortar fondos de ayuda humanitaria y por el contrario, los han incrementado, tambi\u00e9n reconoce que no es suficiente debido al contexto econ\u00f3mico internacional marcado por la guerra comercial contra China, el cual tambi\u00e9n podr\u00eda aprovechar ese vac\u00edo de ayuda en algunos pa\u00edses. El economista apunta a que m\u00e1s pa\u00edses en v\u00edas de desarrollo se sumen a este esfuerzo: India, Brasil, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sumado a esto, el ganador del Nobel asegura que existe una forma de reemplazar el dinero recortado: \u201cSi tuvieramos el 1% del dinero de las 3000 personas m\u00e1s ricas del mundo, seguramente ser\u00eda suficiente para reemplazar lo que se perdi\u00f3. Es cuesti\u00f3n de voluntad\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo llegamos a esto?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuando le preguntaron al Dr. Banerjee por los argumentos de la administraci\u00f3n de Trump para recortar el USAID, el economista los calific\u00f3 como un \u201cclich\u00e9\u201d. \u201cEs esta obsesi\u00f3n con que el dinero est\u00e1 siendo robado en alg\u00fan lado, y que por eso debemos pararlo\u201d, explic\u00f3. Sin embargo, se\u00f1al\u00f3 que desde su experiencia no ha percibido se\u00f1ales de corrupci\u00f3n: \u201c\u00bfDemasiado apego al debido proceso? A veces, pero no necesariamente corrupci\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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