USAID spends only 12 cents per dollar on aid, and Rubio criticizes the U.S. aid system for being extremely inefficient.
Rubio disclosed at a Senate hearing that before the Trump administration's reforms, the efficiency of the U.S. foreign aid system was extremely low. For every $1 USAID disbursed in aid, only 12 cents actually reached the recipients, with the rest being "eaten up" by intermediaries such as non-governmental organizations.
He said, "We have to spend a lot of money on a 'foreign aid industrial complex,' but very few people actually receive the aid."
He pointed out that the goal of the reform is to improve efficiency and focus on effectiveness, with regional bureaus taking the lead in directly assisting beneficiaries and incorporating it into the overall diplomatic strategy.
Despite the controversy over merging USAID with the State Department, Rubio emphasized that the U.S. remains the largest provider of aid in the world. Even after the reform, the humanitarian aid provided by the United States is still "more than the total of the next 10 countries combined."
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