{"product_id":"silent-cuts-the-world-without-tara-annie-kurian-9798246550601","title":"SILENT CUTS. The World Without USAID","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn February 2025, the United States dismantled\u003cb\u003e USAID, \u003c\/b\u003e the United States Agency for International Development - a 60-year-old humanitarian lifeline for the rest of the world - in a matter of days. What began as shocking headlines soon became a 'silent cut' felt by the world's most vulnerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch now shows that without USAID, \u003cb\u003e14 million people\u003c\/b\u003e-including \u003cb\u003e4.5 million\u003c\/b\u003e children under the age of 5 -will die by 2030. And these are preventable\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003edeaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExactly one year later, the fallout is no longer a prediction; it is a harrowing reality. \u003cb\u003eSilent Cuts: The World Without USAID\u003c\/b\u003e, is a permanent record of that disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara Annie Kurian offers a vital, continent-by-continent account of the collapse, referencing hundreds of reports written by field experts and journalists who witnessed the devastation firsthand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom starving children in Myanmar camps and child brides in Afghanistan to the famine in Sudan and the democracy crisis in Eastern Europe, these pages capture the human cost of a world without a safety net. As Congress debates the future of international aid, this book highlights the human stories that remind us why caring about lives beyond our borders still matters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book was brought to life by a Kickstarter campaign that was 132% crowdfunded by supporters who wanted to preserve this vital record of institutional disappearance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tara Annie Kurian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246550601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d","brand":"Tara Annie Kurian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450482372863,"sku":"9798246550601","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_401ea343-cd1b-4e66-82aa-8e09497b8926.jpg?v=1777267988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silent-cuts-the-world-without-tara-annie-kurian-9798246550601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}