Reviews

Filter by

Status

Assessing DFID’s results in improving maternal health

Completed: 30 October 2018

DFID programmes have expanded access to family planning and some maternal health services, but a renewed effort is required to reach young women and girls and to generate lasting impacts on quality of care and maternal health outcomes.

ICAI follow-up review of 2016-17 reports

Completed: 29 June 2018

ICAI’s follow-up review looks at how well DFID and other government departments have responded to our key findings and the recommendations we made in 2016-17 reviews.

DFID’s governance work in Nepal and Uganda

Completed: 22 June 2018

DFID’s governance work in Nepal and Uganda is tailored to the country contexts and largely achieving its intended outcomes, but needs a stronger strategic orientation and approach to learning.

The UK’s humanitarian support to Syria

Completed: 24 May 2018

DFID overcame substantial barriers to the delivery of aid, such as food, shelter and vaccines but took too long to put the required staffing and resources in place

DFID’s approach to disability in development

Completed: 16 May 2018

Around one in six people in developing countries live with a disability. As a group, they tend to be poorer, and suffer more discrimination, exclusion and violence than the rest of the population.

Building resilience to natural disasters

Completed: 28 February 2018

DFID has taken a well-considered approach to mainstreaming resilience to natural disasters, and has helped to promote the inclusion of resilience into the global development agenda.

The UK aid response to global health threats

Completed: 31 January 2018

While health has been a major focus of UK aid for many years, the response to and lessons from the Ebola crisis stimulated a rapid scaling up of activity and spending to address global health threats.