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MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes provides critical financial analysis of the new US aid pledge, exposing it as a "carefully staged political announcement" that masks a reduction from previous funding levels ($3.38bn) while centralizing control through OCHA.
MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes analyzes the 'radical recalibration' of US humanitarian aid for 2026, discussing the centralization of funding through OCHA and the structural risks of the new $2B pledge.
Host Lars Peter Nissen invites Meg Sattler, Adelina Kamal, and MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes to discuss the structural unwinding of the humanitarian system in 2025. They analyze the collapse of funding to 2016 levels and question if local and resistance humanitarians are becoming the new center of gravity.
MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes spoke at the official launch of the AI Hub for Social Protection, joining experts from Amnesty Tech, ISSA, and DataPrev to discuss the frameworks for sovereign, responsible, and risk-aware AI adoption in the sector.
MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes served as a technical presenter for the 8th DCI "Interoperability in Action" workshop, demonstrating live use cases for linking social protection MIS with national employment systems alongside experts from the World Bank and the Ministry of Labour of Azerbaijan.
MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes served as a technical discussant alongside World Bank and ILO experts, exploring how digital interoperability between social registries and employment services can enhance poverty reduction.
MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes was quoted as an expert analyst on the USAID freeze
MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes was interviewed by Mark Leon Goldberg to explain why the U.S. served as the "lynchpin" of the global humanitarian system and how the 2025 funding freeze is triggering an immediate operational collapse.
MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes was a featured panelist alongside Valentina Barca and Anna McCord, discussing the structural implications of the $12B aid freeze and the collapse of health initiative funding.
In the wake of the Executive Order freezing US aid, Thomas Byrnes outlined the 'unprecedented' operational risks to the global humanitarian system, highlighting that 54% of WFP funding was effectively paused without a cool-down period.
Thomas Byrnes joins host Jo Sharpe to explore how AI is transforming national social protection systems. The conversation covers the balance between smarter targeting and the critical need for 'human-in-the-loop' safeguards to prevent algorithmic bias.
MarketImpact CEO Thomas Byrnes was interviewed by host James Shepherd-Barron for a technical deep-dive into debit card mechanisms and cash cycle management in crisis contexts.
Feature interview with Thomas Byrnes detailing his deployment as a CashCap expert to Yemen, where he established the Cash and Markets Working Group and negotiated exchange rates that reduced assistance costs by 30%.
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