UK Department for International Development
UK Department for International Development
The Department For International Development (DFID) is a United Kingdom government department, the goal of which is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". As of 9 June 2009: The Permanent Secretary since 2008 at DFID is Nemat (Minouche) Shafik. Originally created as the Ministry of Overseas Development (ODM) during the Labour government of 1964-70, the agency lost its ministerial status following the Conservative victory in 1979. Its successor, the Overseas Development Administration (ODA), was under the supervision of the Foreign... read more
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Will the 'girl effect' really help to combat poverty? | Ofra Koffman
From The Observer Dated 10 February 2012 Many development organisations see empowering girls – and enabling them to delay childbearing – as a powerful means to tackle poverty, but the evidence so far doesn't bear this outThe call to invest in adolescent girls has been sweeping the...
British aid to India defended by Christian Aid
From Ekklesia Dated 9 February 2012 Christian Aid has backed continuing UK aid to India as an important intervention aimed at helping people living in abject poverty. ...
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and UK Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell Holds Telephonic Discussion; Both Leaders Express Satisfaction with Progress of Development Cooperation Activies Between the Two Countries
From Web News Wire Dated 9 February 2012 The Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee stated that India and UK share historical ties and have warm and friendly relations. The relationship between the two countries has been strengthened further by the Indo-UK Bilateral Development Cooperation Programme which is...
SBP launches cluster survey project
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 6 February 2012 KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched a new project on clusters survey of 10 important Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Clusters in the country, here on Monday. SBP said the objective of this project survey is to...
UK should use more cash transfers and manage them better, say MPs
From The Observer Dated 3 February 2012 The Department for International Development needs to increase aid programmes to transfer cash, food and livestock to the poor, according to a parliamentary committeeThe Department for International Development (DfID) lacks an overarching strategy for the use of transfer programmes to...
Government backs away from pledge to enshrine 0.7% aid level in law
From The Observer Dated 2 February 2012 The UK government postpones its election promise to pass into law a commitment to give 0.7% of national income in foreign aidThe coalition government has come under fire for backing away from its election pledge of passing into law a...
VIDEO: Does UK aid win business abroad?
From BBC Dated 2 February 2012 The UK gives hundreds of millions of pounds to India in aid partly because it's good for British business, according to the international development secretary.
Third of debts owed by poor countries to UK is interest on original loans
From The Observer Dated 22 January 2012 Campaigners condemn as 'ridiculously high' figures showing 24 nations owe Britain £825m in interest from debts of £2.34bnA third of the debt owed to the UK by some of the world's poorest countries consists of interest on the original loans,...
UK boosts tropical disease funding
From Big News Network Dated 21 January 2012 Britain will spend five times as much money helping the international effort to eliminate infectious tropical diseases, it has been announced. International Development Minister Stephen ...
Miliband urged to do more on tackling tax haven secrecy
From Ekklesia Dated 21 January 2012 Christian Aid has welcomed Labour leader Ed Miliband’s determination to tackle the tax havens harming both UK public finances and the world's poor ...
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