About this Episode
On July 1st, 2025, USAID officially shut down. For many countries around the world, it represents a massive blow to a range of development programmes covering everything from health, agriculture, and education to governance and climate change mitigation. In today's compelling episode, Robert Bagyenda joins us to share his insights into the likely consequences of this change. At the time of USAID's closure, Robert was the team leader for the Environment, Climate, and Engineering Unit.
Here you can find a report published in The Lancet in 2025 forecasting that the closure of USAID could lead to the deaths of as many as 14,000,000 people.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext
And you can find the shuttered USAID website here -
