ICAI Annual Report 2020-2021
…Development Bank Group, Assessing DFID’s results in nutrition, Sexual exploitation and abuse by international peacekeepers, The UK’s approach to tackling modern slavery through the aid programme, Management of the 0.7%…
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New review: UK aid’s approach to youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
…in ‘supply-side’ solutions such as skills training which was less relevant and in contradiction to the findings on ‘what works’ in the literature review, including DFID’s own analysis. In addition,…
Work begins on new review
…growth and reduces governments’ ability to provide services for their people. This review will focus on DFID’s efforts to support international cooperation addressing the global issues of tax avoidance and…
UK aid in a changing world: implications for ICAI
…development. In the UK, the government has set out a global strategy for the UK aid programme, while the Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a series of strategic…
New ICAI review: The UK’s approach to tackling modern slavery through the aid programme
…cross-government effort, with the Home Office, former Department for International Development (DFID) and Foreign Office all having delivered international programmes in this area alongside the global influencing campaign. ICAI said…
Cash Transfers – new review begins
ICAI has begun a new review into the role of cash transfers in reducing poverty and vulnerability: Assessing the sustainability of UK aid’s results This review will assess examine DFID’s…
Independent Commission for Aid Impact names its Board of Commissioners
…the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, announced the appointment of Graham Ward CBE as Chief Commissioner of ICAI. The DFID press release can be found here: www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2010/New-independent-commission-unveiled/…
ICAI follow-up of 2016-17 reports – new review
…range of positive actions including a two-year extension to the lifetime of the Prosperity Fund, a stronger focus on equity in DFID’s new value for money guidance, and strengthened analysis…
New ICAI information note – UK aid spending during COVID-19: management of procurement through suppliers
…work of the former Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), before their merger in September. It looks at the two separate aid prioritisation processes…
New ICAI review: Tackling fraud in UK aid
…for International Development (DFID) and former Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), since merged to form the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy…