21 May 2014
The current Chief Commissioner, Graham Ward’s term in office ends in 2015. The Chief Commissioner is responsible for overseeing the delivery of high quality, accessible reviews, representing ICAI and communicating its reports to stakeholders and reporting to Parliament. The Government is seeking to appoint a new Chief Commissioner to succeed Mr Ward; and also to appoint a new Commissioner. Further information […]
Read more on Public Appointments: recruitment of Chief Commissioner and Commissioner
15 May 2014
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has published a report on the Department for International Development’s private sector development work, giving a rating of Amber-Red.
Read more on DFID’s Private Sector Development Work
4 Apr 2014
Excellent learning is essential for UK aid to achieve maximum impact and value for money. This study examines the way that DFID learns and how it applies its learning.
Read more on ICAI publishes report on How DFID Learns.
14 Mar 2014
This study looked at DFID's work to reduce Child Mortality in Kenya. Reducing under-five child mortality is a global priority and has seen remarkable progress. Under-five mortality has fallen by 24% in Kenya since 1990 but this is less than global and regional averages and the level in Kenya remains high.
Read more on Independent Commission for Aid Impact publishes report on DFID’s Contribution to the Reduction of Child Mortality in Kenya
11 Mar 2014
In January 2014, ICAI sent a small team, led by Commissioner Mark Foster, to assess and provide prompt and timely feedback on the appropriateness and effectiveness of the UK Government’s response to Haiyan.
Read more on Rapid Review of DFID’s Humanitarian Response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
7 Mar 2014
Afghanistan is one of the most difficult places to deliver aid and DFID’s staff work hard under demanding conditions. ICAI examined the effectiveness of DFID’s bilateral growth and livelihoods projects, giving a rating of Amber-Red.
Read more on DFID’s Bilateral Support to Growth and Livelihoods in Afghanistan
27 Feb 2014
In response to Typhoon Haiyan, UK Aid was mobilised to help the Philippine people. ICAI undertook a rapid review to see how taxpayers money was being spent. Commissioner Mark Foster writes about what he saw in advance of the publication of our review.
Read more on The Resilience of the Human Spirit in the Face of Typhoon Haiyan
17 Dec 2013
The Government has published the results of the Triennial Review which considered whether there is a continuing need for independent scrutiny of the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) and whether the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) was fit for that purpose.
Read more on Triennial Review of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact Completed
12 Dec 2013
On 10 December 2013 Chief Commissioner Graham Ward was called to give evidence on Trade Development in Southern Africa to the International Development Committee, the select committee responsible for oversight of DFID.
Read more on Chief Commissioner gives evidence to International Development Committee
6 Dec 2013
We gave this report a Red because we had very serious concerns regarding the financial management and governance of TradeMark Southern Africa. We first made DFID aware of our concerns in May. DFID has now terminated the programme which is, in our judgement, a good decision. We welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement that programme controls will be strengthened and that improvements will be made to DFID’s Internal Audit.
Read more on DFID’s Trade Development Work in Southern Africa
