Assessing DFID’s results in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Completed: 24 May 2016
UK aid has reached 62.9 million people with water, sanitation and hygiene interventions over five years, but must do more to ensure these improvements are sustainable.Reviews
DFID’s efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls
Completed: 17 May 2016
UK aid has made a significant contribution to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG).UK aid in a changing world: implications for ICAI
Completed: 7 January 2016
This paper explores the changing context for UK aid in 2015, following the introduction of the Global Goals and the launch of the new five-year UK aid strategy, and the implications for ICAI’s mandate to provide independent scrutiny of the aid programme.Follow-up of ICAI Reviews from Years 1, 2 and 3
Completed: 18 June 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.DFID’s approach to delivering impact
Completed: 11 June 2015
This report reviews ICAI’s previous 44 reports and looks at how well DFID ensures positive, long-term, transformative change across its work.How DFID works with multilateral agencies to achieve impact
Completed: 11 June 2015
The Department for International Development (DFID) spends almost two thirds of its budget through multilateral agencies. This review considers how well DFID engages with them to achieve impact.Business in development
Completed: 21 May 2015
Businesses are playing an increasing role in development. This review assesses how well the Department for International Development (DFID) is working with and through businesses to benefit people living in poverty.UK development assistance for security and justice
Completed: 5 March 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.UK aid spent by departments other than DFID
Completed: 20 February 2015
Around 13% of UK official development assistance (ODA) is spent by departments other than the Department for International Development (DFID). Our preliminary investigation maps spending and examines activities.The scale-up of DFID’s support to fragile states
Completed: 12 February 2015
The government has committed to spend 30% of UK aid in fragile states by 2014-15. This report examines the scale-up process.Rapid review of DFID’s Smart Rules
Completed: 16 December 2014
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.The UK’s International Climate Fund
Completed: 11 December 2014
The International Climate Fund (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.