Completed: 11 December 2012
The EU is the world’s second-largest aid donor. In this review of DFID’s oversight of the UK’s contributions to EU aid – around £1.4 billion a year, 16% of DFID’s total aid spending – we have focused on the impact of EU aid in low-income countries.Completed: 20 November 2012
DFID’s education programme in Nigeria operates in a very challenging environment, DFID has spent £102 million to date, with a further £126 million committed to 2019.Completed: 17 October 2012
Pakistan is a large country facing major development challenges. This review looks at DFID’s work in health, education and humanitarian assistance.Completed: 14 September 2012
When the rains failed in the Horn of Africa in 2010-11, a chronic situation became a crisis affecting over 12 million people. This report looks at the effectiveness and value for money of the UK’s £200 million emergency response.Completed: 13 July 2012
The Asian Development Bank’s work is important to DFID’s mission, since nearly three-quarters of the world’s poor live in Asia, including in its middle-income countries. We assess the effectiveness of DFID’s engagement with the Bank.Completed: 13 July 2012
Our report assesses the Conflict Pool, which funds activities that contribute to peacekeeping overseas and support conflict prevention and stabilisation. It is managed jointly by DFID, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence.Completed: 18 May 2012
This review assesses DFID’s performance in India by looking through the lens of DFID’s work in one state across four health and education programmes.Completed: 18 May 2012
During the decade 2005-15, DFID spent over £1 billion of bilateral aid on education in three East African countries: Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania. This review assesses how well that money was spent.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.