Claims about USAID's localization agenda

USAID lacks the capacity to effectively fund and work with local organizations in developing countries

I: Why does the US help others by mostly spending money on itself?

Whether one looks at civilian and security-related foreign assistance, the United States mostly helps others by (over)spending money on itself. Here is Justin Sandefur of CGD (emphasis added):

Foreigners don’t receive much of America’s $35 billion annual foreign aid budget, at least not d…