26 Feb 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic and race to develop a vaccine brought health research to the top of the international agenda, and in recent years it has become more central to UK aid’s strategic priorities. A forthcoming review from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will look at aid spent by the Department for Health and […]
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7 Feb 2024
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will look at UK aid to Gaza, Afghanistan and China in three new information notes. Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, the UK has announced £60 million in additional humanitarian funding in Gaza, trebling the planned 2023-24 annual budget to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). However […]
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22 Jan 2024
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will assess how well the UK is using its aid for sustainable cities and urban development in a forthcoming review. Cities generate more than 80% of global GDP and by 2050, the United Nations projects that more than two-thirds of the global population will live in urban areas. […]
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17 Jan 2024
ICAI’s Chief Commissioner, Dr Tamsyn Barton, gave evidence to the International Development Committee yesterday (16 January) on our review looking across the last four years of scrutinising UK aid. UK aid under pressure: A synthesis of ICAI findings from 2019 to 2023 draws upon review findings on the state of UK aid across those four […]
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19 Dec 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will assess how well fraud risk is being managed by UK staff overseas, in the latest in a series of rapid reviews. Fraud is an often hidden crime that, alongside error, costs the UK government between 0.5% and 5% of total spending, according to the Public Sector Fraud […]
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14 Dec 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will assess the UK’s commitments to provide funding to support developing countries to adapt to climate change and mitigate its impact – known as international climate finance (ICF). Our forthcoming rapid review will look at how ICF funds are being spent, as well as how they contribute to […]
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7 Dec 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will examine UK aid to Ukraine in a forthcoming rapid review. The Russian invasion in February 2022 and ongoing conflict have created a major geopolitical and humanitarian crisis, with 7.7 million people registered as refugees across Europe and 6.2 million internally displaced. Alongside political and military support, the […]
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25 Sep 2023
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will examine the £500 million Blue Planet Fund – designed to support developing countries to protect the marine environment and reduce poverty – in a forthcoming rapid review. The fund was announced by the government in 2021, as part of its commitment to spend at least £3 billion […]
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20 Sep 2023
Global health research, sustainable cities, international climate finance and UK aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion are among the areas to be scrutinised by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) in the coming months. ICAI has agreed with Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC) that it will examine and report on the following areas […]
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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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