ICAI Annual Report 2020-2021
7 Jul 2021
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has today published its Annual Report which reflects on the work of the aid watchdog during a period of significant change.
Category: Press releases
New approach paper: The UK’s approach to safeguarding in the humanitarian sector
2 Jul 2021
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has today published its planned approach for a forthcoming review of the UK’s approach to safeguarding in the humanitarian sector.
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New report: ICAI follow-up review of 2019-20 reports
23 Jun 2021
The impact of COVID-19, and of the formation of the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), have held back the implementation of recommendations intended to improve the effectiveness and impact of government interventions and to assure taxpayers of the value for money of UK aid spending.
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New approach summary paper: UK aid’s alignment with the Paris Agreement
3 Jun 2021
A forthcoming review will examine how the UK government is aligning all its official development assistance (ODA) with the Paris Agreement, following its commitment to do so in 2019. The details of the planned rapid review are set out in a new approach summary paper published today.
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New ICAI rapid review: Management of the 0.7% ODA spending target in 2020
20 May 2021
The government successfully met its aid spending target in 2020 through reprioritising programmes as the COVID-19 pandemic hit – but economic uncertainty and the government’s ‘cut once, cut deep’ approach meant that cuts to bilateral aid were ultimately more drastic than needed to be, a new report by the UK’s aid watchdog has found.
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New ICAI information note: The UK’s aid engagement with China
28 Apr 2021
The UK’s aid relationship with China comes under the spotlight in a new information note published today, Wednesday 28 April, by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI).
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New ICAI review: Tackling fraud in UK aid
8 Apr 2021
The government’s approach to managing fraud in the aid programme is broadly relevant and effective – but more can be done to find fraud cases by improving oversight and intelligence sharing across aid-spending departments, and streamlining whistleblowing systems.
Latest ICAI reviews announced
27 Jan 2021
The humanitarian response to COVID-19, aligning UK aid with the Paris Agreement on climate change, and democracy and human rights are among the topics that the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will scrutinise in its latest series of planned reviews.
Foreign Affairs Committee publishes ICAI evidence on global health security
15 Jan 2021
A new paper from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) about the role of UK aid in preventing global health crises has been published by Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.
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New approach paper – International climate finance: UK aid for halting deforestation and preventing irreversible biodiversity loss
7 Dec 2020
A forthcoming review by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will examine the effectiveness of UK aid in halting deforestation and preventing biodiversity loss.