*Pain points* In 2023, the United States spent $57.3 billion bilaterally on projects in low- and middle-income countries. So who’s going to bear the brunt of the U.S. foreign aid freeze? <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POp-u1cosIVwvdPz0UHv7SbuYLhSnY-kVRlycFZpxnztupz1mP064a7HlCcDvOyWz4tQPjIj-H7ctcmf6HnzuyQ3vpDvGZN_1tMX_Uz6AHVe2uZHVTqaUG2l2fgNhpo97Ru1w_MLZJs1B2CitHWOewPCpyoE9i5Jz66Izh4vYUjEjqmWdSk6TNJfe329MbJSAfDR983R49307oO_2Nmxr90a9s3bad5xopJ97OrOdhh6m-GSayV1tN3uoLajoUOfczQ==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wkm3WjgiOb7tQEBmbp2D_IZJyVuDqXsfhnUwn45b4aS6pT5vrDD3FF1MJU-XpGbtDZgac=> If this funding were to cease, my colleague Alecsondra Kieren Si reports that *the hardest-hit region would be Africa*, which received $15.2 billion last year. Within Africa, the* top recipients were Ethiopia*, with $1.6 billion, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, with $1.2 billion. Others would feel the pinch too. Check out our report for the rest. *Read:* Which countries would be worst hit by the US aid freeze? <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POp-u1cosIVwvdPz0UHv7SbuYLhSnY-kVRlycFZpxnztupz1mP064a7HlCcDvOyWz4tQPjIj-H7ctcmf6HnzuyQ3vpDvGZN_1tMX_Uz6AHVe2uZHVTqaUG2l2fgNhpo97Ru1w_MLZJs1B2CitHWOewPCpyoE9i5Jz66Izh4vYUjEjqmWdSk6TNJfe329MbJSAfDR983R49307oO_2Nmxr90aY8n4Msku193WO0Tm0Zb-SS8a_I3mDgPy2xlP1D6QZZQ==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wkm3WjgiOb7tQEBmbp2D_IZJyVuDqXsfhnUwn45b4aS6pT5vrDD3FF1MJU-XpGbtDZgac=>