Jennifer Hadden

International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better Doing more with less may not be sustainable for an exhausted workforce over the long term.

International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better
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Sarah S Stroup
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After the aid cuts: What's next for INGOs? “We all knew that we needed to change, and now we all have to change,” says Tessie San Martin, the CEO of FHI 360. “This has been an accelerant to the things that had to happen already.”

Glad to have my research with @jenniferhadden.bsky.social featured in this article: "After the aid cuts: What's next for INGOs?" www.devex.com/news/after-t...

Opinion | The Decline and Fall of NGOs ‘Civil society’ looked like the future when the Cold War ended. It doesn’t anymore.

Glad to have our @jenniferhadden.bsky.social @foreignaffairs.com article featured in @wsj.com by Walter Russell Mead - “Authors Sarah Bush and Jennifer Hadden put their fingers on one of the most important international developments of our time.” Thank you! www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Thank you!

The End of the Age of NGOs? How civil society lost its post–Cold War power.

Brilliant survey by @sarahbush.bsky.social and @jenniferhadden.bsky.social that puts the "foreign agent" laws into perspective.

Those were/are a big part of the problem, but the factors driving the decline of NGOs' power in global governance go a lot deeper and wider.

The End of the Age of NGOs? How civil society lost its post–Cold War power.

Read @sarahbush.bsky.social‬ and @jenniferhadden.bsky.social on how governments around the world are undermining NGOs—and making it harder for civil society to work on politically sensitive issues, including human rights and environmental protection.

The End of the Age of NGOs? How Civil Society Lost Its Post–Cold War Power

Insightful piece by @sarahbush.bsky.social and @jenniferhadden.bsky.social (for your fall syllabi): reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/07/03/t...

Thank you so much for sharing!

📢 New Book!
I’m so happy to share that “Crowded Out” – my new book coauthored with @jenniferhadden.bsky.social – is now out with @universitypress.cambridge.org. Here’s why we hope you’ll want to read it. 🧵 1/

Saturation Point In her new book, Associate Professor of Political Science Sarah Bush explores the increasingly crowded landscape of international NGOs.

A nice feature from @sas.upenn.edu dives into my forthcoming book with @jenniferhadden.bsky.social -- "Crowded Out: The Competitive Landscape of Contemporary International NGOs" omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/satura...