23 Oct 2019
The government is increasingly spending foreign aid in areas where it can deliver benefits to both the UK economy and countries eligible for aid – but care must be taken to ensure the primary aim of poverty reduction isn’t diluted or lost, according to a new publication from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI). […]
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21 Oct 2019
Improvements to the way UK aid is scrutinised – including new review products and an enhanced follow-up process – are being put in place by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) as it publishes the results of its public consultation today. The changes will make the work of the UK’s aid watchdog more accessible […]
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25 Sep 2019
ICAI is today publishing more details of its forthcoming review into the UK’s support for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The AfDB Group is a regional development bank that aims to promote sustainable economic development and reduce poverty in Africa. Since 2014, the Department for International Development’s (DFID) annual average contributions to the AfDB […]
Read more on New approach paper – The UK’s support to the African Development Bank
12 Sep 2019
Departments with new aid budgets are increasingly developing their understanding of how to use aid effectively – but more should be done to integrate learning into international development spending across government to ensure value for money, a new review from the UK’s aid watchdog has found. How UK Aid Learns, published today by the Independent […]
12 Aug 2019
ICAI is today publishing more details of its upcoming information note looking at the UK’s approach to tackling corruption and illicit financial flows. The UK, through the Department for International Development, has long pursued a proactive approach to tackling corruption in developing countries, resulting in a landmark anti-corruption summit in 2016. This was followed by the UK’s […]
30 Jul 2019
The government’s efforts to tackle malnutrition, protecting foreign aid from fraud, and UK-China aid in Africa are among the topics that ICAI will scrutinise in its latest planned reviews announced today. ICAI has agreed with the International Development Committee that it will review eight areas of UK aid spending: DFID’s Support to Nutrition, which will […]
18 Jul 2019
Today ICAI is publishing our annual follow-up review of our 2017-18 reports, looking at whether the government has taken appropriate action since we made our recommendations. This year’s follow-up highlighted a range of positive actions including the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund’s progress instituting good aid practice, strengthening its ‘do no harm’ approach and accelerating […]
1 Jul 2019
Sir Hugh Bayley and Tarek Rouchdy officially start their four-year term as ICAI commissioners today. They join chief commissioner Dr Tamsyn Barton, who took up her post early after the previous chief commissioner, Dr Alison Evans, left ICAI to join the World Bank Group in December. Tamsyn, Tarek and Hugh will lead ICAI until June […]
20 Jun 2019
ICAI is today publishing its review on the current state of UK aid, based on findings from 28 reviews, four follow-up reports and a number of other reports in the 2015-19 period. The past four years have been a time of change for UK aid, with many more departments now involved in delivering aid. The […]
7 Jun 2019
ICAI is today publishing a review of the Newton Fund, a £735 million research and innovation partnership fund managed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), which is intended to promote international development. The review found that the fund was poorly designed to pursue the aim of promoting international development, and in […]
