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Research in Brief: Southeast Asia Aid Map 2025
Southeast Asia finds itself at an uncertain moment in its development trajectory. The region’s highly successful export-driven economic model is at risk as the Trump administration looks to dramatically reshape the global trade order, with Southeast Asia potentially facing especially punitive US tariffs. At the same time, official development finance (ODF) to the region — encompassing traditional aid, such as grants and concessional loans (ODA), as well as other official flows (OOF) from foreign governments and multilateral bodies — is set to decrease as major Western donors cut back on foreign aid.
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Alexandre Dayant
Alexandre Dayant is a senior economist and former Deputy Director of the Indo-Pacific Development Centre, a dedicated policy research centre within the Lowy Institute.
