Updates 

John B. Crihfield, Senior Advisor for Public Financial Management and Climate Risk at Neartu Global, has published the latest briefing paper in his ongoing Pensées Inédites series: “Official Development Assistance: Where Are We Now? Part 1: What Do the Data Tell Us?” The paper takes a data-driven look at the dramatic changes underway in international development finance. U.S. official development assistance fell from $63.3 billion in 2024 to $29 billion in 2025 — a decline of