Mercy Corps: U.S. Budget Cuts Threaten Global Poverty Reduction Efforts
March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024
PORTLAND, Oregon, March 25 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement on March 23, 2024, by Kate Phillips-Barrasso, vice-president of global policy and advocacy, responds to fiscal 2024 funding agreement:
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"Slashing hundreds of millions in resilience funding from the Development Assistance and Economic Support Fund accounts in the FY24 funding package could lead to more setbacks in reducing global poverty and ultimately create the need for more expensiv . . .
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"Slashing hundreds of millions in resilience funding from the Development Assistance and Economic Support Fund accounts in the FY24 funding package could lead to more setbacks in reducing global poverty and ultimately create the need for more expensiv . . .