Completed: 18 May 2012
This review assesses budget support, aid given directly to a recipient government, which represents 15% of the UK’s bilateral aid budget. In the right conditions, budget support can offer an effective and efficient way of providing development assistance.Completed: 25 April 2012
DFID spent £140 million in electoral assistance through UNDP between 2001-11. This is a review of DFID’s management and oversight of this funding.Completed: 22 March 2012
This review assesses DFID’s systems of control and assurance over its expenditure in Afghanistan.Completed: 22 March 2012
The World Bank is important for delivering UK development assistance. DFID contributed £1.6 billion to the Bank in the 2010-11 financial year, which represented a fifth of all UK ODA.Completed: 22 March 2012
Girl Hub, a joint initiative between DFID and Nike Foundation, was established to help decision-makers and donors do more to address the needs and rights of adolescent girls. Our report assesses this partnership.Completed: 22 November 2011
Our report assesses DFID’s support to the health sector in Zimbabwe which has had a substantial and positive impact, most notably for those living with HIV/AIDS.Completed: 22 November 2011
84% of the 162 million people living in Bangladesh survive on less than $2 a day. They are highly vulnerable to the impacts of the climate, particularly cyclones and floods.Completed: 22 November 2011
This report assesses DFID’s approach to managing the risk of corruption, which is one of the most important components of achieving value for money in the UK aid programme.Completed: 22 November 2011
This review of effectiveness and value for money sets out ICAI’s approach to defining these concepts in the context of international aid.