6 Jun 2023
The UK needs to do more to ensure its support for trade in developing countries benefits the poor, a report from the aid watchdog finds today.
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18 May 2023
ICAI today provides a new account of the UK’s humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, updating its review published last year which assessed UK aid to Afghanistan between 2014 and 2021. For two years the scale of UK aid made Afghanistan its biggest country programme. Report finds that the UK has sought to […]
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27 Apr 2023
ICAI’s rapid review of the PrOF aims to support learning as FCDO works to refine its programme management approach and integrate systems and staff. The review commends FCDO’s rapid development and deployment of the PrOF, especially given the significant internal and external challenges facing the department following its creation. ICAI finds the PrOF to be […]
25 Apr 2023
The UK spent double the average of other donors supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, an update to a recent review by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has noted. The update supplements a rapid review published by the aid watchdog in March 2023, which examined the quality and value for money […]
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29 Mar 2023
ICAI rapid review examines UK aid spent on refugees and asylum-seekers in the UK, which it estimates to be around £3.5 billion in 2022, approximately one third of the UK’s total aid spend that year.
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14 Mar 2023
New review examines the model of development co-operation with India that has emerged since the UK’s 2012 decision to phase out traditional aid.
15 Feb 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact is today publishing the approach for its forthcoming review of UK aid to agriculture in a time of climate change. Since 2020 there has been dramatic progress towards reducing hunger globally. But progress has been set back in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, […]
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2 Feb 2023
ICAI has today published the approach for its forthcoming review of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) new Programme Operating Framework (PrOF).
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18 Jan 2023
The UK’s democracy and human rights work has delivered useful results, often in difficult political contexts, but has been significantly affected by budget reductions and the lack of a strategic framework, a new review by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has found. The aid watchdog’s latest review assesses the effectiveness of the Foreign, […]
9 Dec 2022
The UK’s peacebuilding efforts come under the spotlight in a new review published today, Friday 9 December, by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI). Conflict is increasing around the world, causing widespread death, destruction and suffering, reinforcing poverty and exacerbating inequalities. ICAI’s review assesses examples of UK peacebuilding activities – that is, aid and […]
