HeyJaredGlobal Development Interrupted
Global Development Interrupted shares the stories of people whose work and lives were upended by changes to U.S. foreign assistance and why their stories still matter today, for the U.S. and the world.
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One Year of Global Development Interrupted (opens the original)
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When I released the first episode of Global Development Interrupted (GDI) in September 2025, “Children, Caregivers & the Fight for a Future,” I had a pretty simple idea.I wanted people to hear from the people being talked about.With the dismantling of USAID, I watched people I had worked alongside for years suddenly become the subject of sweeping claims about what they did, who they were, and whether their work had ever mattered.Much of that conversation wasn’t coming from the people who had don
They Thought It Was an Earthquake. The Science Told a Different Story. (opens the original)
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Nepal produces less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, while it is completely surrounded by two of the world’s biggest emitters, India and China. Its geographic uniqueness, however, makes the country vulnerable to climate crises - such as the recent flash flood that devastated Himalayan communities near the Nepal-China border. “We are paying the ultimate price for a global crisis we did not create,” Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/
How Are We Doing? It’s Complicated (opens the original)
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Over 18 months have passed since January 26, 2025, the day a stop-work order shuttered 64 years of American investment in global health, education, agriculture, economic growth, and democratic governance almost overnight.So: How are we doing?The honest answer is: It’s complicated.I first set out to understand the mental health impact of USAID’s sudden dismantling and the toll it took on marriages, as part of my own (unplanned) pivot from USAID Foreign Service Officer to therapist. It grew into a
Conversation on Planes (opens the original)
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When you work in global development, 18-hour flights become an art form in small talk. In this segment, we ask global development professionals the fun and the serious — the moments that stayed with them and their take on the realities of the sector today. In this edition, we hear from Sarah Lavin, the last legislative counsel for USAID, a returned Peace Corps Volunteer, and former World Bank legal consultant who spent her entire career practicing law in international development.Meet Sarah Lavi
The Monday Night I Froze $600 Million (opens the original)
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It was a Monday night. Most Monday nights are not very pleasant, but this night was particularly awful. Rain was coming down as I got into my car to drive home from work. It was one of those heavy rains, when you think the Heavens were opening up to release everything they had. My commute from the US Embassy Kigali was usually an easy one, but that night I could hardly see through the windshield: tears were pouring out of my eyes, as gusts of wind and rain beat against the car. I thought I was g
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