DFID’s efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls
17 May 2016
UK aid has made a significant contribution to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). Download the review and approach paper.
17 May 2016
UK aid has made a significant contribution to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). Download the review and approach paper.
7 Jan 2016
This paper explores the changing context for UK aid and the implications for ICAI’s mandate to provide independent scrutiny of the aid programme.
18 Jun 2015
The follow-up work undertaken for this report covers 22 of the 35 reports published during ICAI’s first three years. We assess how DFID has responded to our recommendations.
11 Jun 2015
This report reviews ICAI’s previous 44 reports and looks at how well DFID ensures positive, long-term, transformative change across its work.
11 Jun 2015
DFID spends almost two thirds of its budget through multilateral agencies. This review considers how well DFID engages with them to achieve impact.
21 May 2015
Business are playing an increasing role in development. This review assesses how well DFID is working with and through businesses to benefit people living in poverty.
5 Mar 2015
Our review looks strategically at security and justice assistance. This is an increasingly important area as more UK aid is devoted to fragile and conflict-affected states.
20 Feb 2015
Around 13% of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) is spent by departments other than DFID. Our preliminary investigation maps spending and examines activities.
12 Feb 2015
The government has committed to spend 30% of UK aid in fragile states by 2014-15. This report examines the scale-up process.
16 Dec 2014
We have undertaken a rapid review of DFID’s procedures for programme management, the Smart Rules, to see how they respond to the issues that we have raised in our 38 reports to date.
11 Dec 2014
The ICF is the UK’s primary instrument for funding international action on climate change. This review assesses emerging impacts and whether the ICF is likely to succeed in catalysing global action.
31 Oct 2014
Corruption is a fundamental issue that affects the everyday lives of the very poorest and hinders efforts to lift countries out of poverty. This report focuses on DFID’s efforts to reduce corruption as experienced by the poor.