DFID’s role in shaping debates on development was crucial in terms of providing a necessary balance to the neoliberal tilt of the World Bank. The merger, however, was long in coming.

Operational Plan 2011-2015 DFID Palestinian Programme June 2013 Introduction The UK Government is determined to help end extreme poverty around the world. We believe that international development ...

3. DFID sets global standards in aid Fifty years ago, the United Nations set a target for the world’s wealthiest nations to spend 0.7% of their national budgets on official development assistance. The ...

The DFID boss explained, “The outbreak of meningitis is an indication of weak health system in Northern Nigeria. And I want to use this opportunity to plead with the leaders, especially the ...

The international community – both government and civil society – will expect, and require, no less, in line with DFID’s track record, and the true ideals of ‘Global Britain’.

SIR – It is perhaps worth remembering that 99.3 per cent of British GDP is not spent on overseas aid. Andrew Jones Guildford, Surrey SIR – The merger of Dfid with the Foreign and Commonwealth ...

ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) is committed to poverty alleviation in Pakistan and recognises the crucial role of civil society in nation ...

In fact, the DFID had also opposed the ‘Prajateerpu-citizens jury’ consisting of small and marginal farmers on the impact of Vision 2020 on their livelihoods.