Additional Context: While some of these challenges predate U.S. funding cuts, the further decrease in resources stemming from the U.S. funding cuts have notably worsened them. Aid recipients have long reported mismatches between assistance modalities and actual needs (e.g., fuel provisions when recipients need cash for utility bill payments) that feedback mechanisms work to ameliorate. Without these systems in place, inefficiency and lack of localized approaches may increase.

The analysis draws on a survey ACAPS conducted to assess the impacts of the U.S. foreign aid suspension, specifically on the humanitarian response in Ukraine. Sixty-nine representatives of international, national, and local humanitarian organizations responded to the survey, the insights from which were also supplemented with a secondary data review of publicly available information and key informant interviews with 27 humanitarian and development organizations.

Source: ACAPS