A story in The Mail on Sunday, yesterday (Sunday 14 October) referred to The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in Northern Ghana, which ended last year after a robust and independent evaluation into its effectiveness. The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) …
The Sun’s online headline completely misrepresents the findings of the ICAI report, focussing as it does exclusively on a very narrow area of DFID’s work in this field, namely potholes. The main thrust of DFID’s work in this area centres around improving transport services and infrastructure in developing countries.
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt spoke today at the Department for International Development’s Investment Arm CDC about how the private sector can support international development globally. In a speech which set out the good that aid does the Secretary of …
Vital UK aid has been arriving in Palu to help the vulnerable survivors of the earthquake and tsunami which have hit Indonesia. The first batch to arrive, containing 120 shelter kits, was delivered aboard a New Zealand C-130 flight yesterday …
The UK’s team of five experts have arrived in Jakarta this evening, and will immediately begin work on helping to co-ordinate the international response. An additional humanitarian expert has deployed today to provide further support.
Today the Mail on Sunday published an article referencing DFID’s work through partner organisations in Syria: Charity begs for foreign aid from Britain to use 3D printer to build new legs for child, 10, blown up by 'barrel bomb' in …
Today (Sunday 16 Sept), the Mail on Sunday has published an article referencing DFID's work: "A very bitter pill for UK taxpayers to swallow: Britain funds £45 million family planning programme in Tanzania and still they won't tell us if £125m …
The front page of today’s Daily Express reports the UK is giving £98 million in aid to India. Since 2015, DFID has not given traditional aid to India, instead providing world-leading expertise and private investments which boost prosperity, create jobs and open up markets for UK businesses, while generating a return for the UK at the same time. This is firmly in our interests.
The Daily Mail today (Saturday 4 August) reports that the UK is to double its funding of a scheme that gives cash and debit card payments directly to needy families in developing countries. This is based on a commitment The Department For …
A story in today’s Daily Mail refers to the UK Government giving aid to China, India and Nigeria while public services in Britain are “crying out for cash”. The Department For International Development is responsible for around 72.5% of the …
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