The effects of DFID’s cash transfer programmes on poverty and vulnerability
Completed: 12 January 2017
UK aid is succeeding in alleviating extreme poverty through its support for cash transfer programmes.Reviews
Accessing, staying and succeeding in basic education – UK aid’s support to marginalised girls
Completed: 16 December 2016
Globally nearly 62 million girls miss out on an education. The UK has made a strong commitment to tackling this huge problem, but is falling short of its ambitions to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls.When aid relationships change: DFID’s approach to managing exit and transition in its development partnerships
Completed: 16 November 2016
Managing the transition from traditional aid to new kinds of development partnerships is increasingly important for the Department for International Development (DFID) in the current aid landscape.UK aid’s contribution to tackling tax avoidance and evasion
Completed: 27 September 2016
ICAI examined DFID’s efforts to influence the international tax reform agenda, to make new tax standards accessible to developing countries.DFID’s approach to managing fiduciary risk in conflict-affected environments
Completed: 9 August 2016
Effective management of fiduciary risk is key to achieving value for money and ensuring that UK aid makes maximum impact.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.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.