International Development Secretary Alok Sharma meets girls learning how to code during a recent trip to Ethiopia. Picture: DFID/Anna Dubuis We must empower young girls and provide them with the...
...the Prime Minister, Theresa May's, speech in Cape Town last year. At the time she said UK development spending would not only tackle extreme poverty, but also address global challenges...
...£2.5 million this year. This is also incorrect – DFID has not provided any new support in 2017 to help ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in Kenya. As our...
...The Foreign Office has suspended this programme while they investigate the allegations that some money meant for the Civilian Police Force – Free Syrian Police – could have ended up...
...and then published in line with guidance from OSR’s Code of Practice for Statistics. The nature of DFID’s work, especially in conflict states such as Syria, can make obtaining accurate...
...if it ‘gains the freedom to define aid as it sees fit’; · UK peacekeeping operations should largely be funded through overseas aid; · the BBC World Service should be...
...legislation and will continue our commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on Official Development Assistance (ODA). As the Prime Minister said in Cape Town last year,...
...suggests the aid Mozambique receives is therefore “freeing up funds”, which can be used on spending like the jet. The UK does not provide any funding directly to the Government...
...given to the Government of Bangladesh, the Bangladeshi Election Commission or any Bangladeshi political parties for this election. The UK has always been clear there should be free, fair, inclusive...
...2018, and have since made it clear that DFID-funded programmes are free to use this border crossing to deliver vital aid to Idlib. We have also encouraged our partners to...