DFID’s approach to value for money in programme and portfolio management
The Department for International Development’s approach to value for money is helping to make UK aid spending go further, but improvements are still needed.
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- Published: 14 Feb 2017
Our approach
In this performance review, we explore DFID’s value for money approach, its progress on embedding value for money into its management processes and whether its efforts are in fact helping to improve value for money.
Review questions
The review sought to answer these questions:
- Relevance: Is DFID’s approach to value for money appropriate to the needs of the UK aid programme?
- Effectiveness: How well are value for money considerations embedded in DFID’s management processes?
- Effectiveness: To what extent do DFID’s value for money tools, processes and accountabilities lead to improvements in value for money?