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Supplementary review: Management of the 0.7% ODA spending target in 2020

Posted on 4 Mar 2021 by Gemma Kinnear

…Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in September. ICAI’s earlier review, published in November 2020, found that the processes in place for managing the target had become increasingly effective and well-coordinated…

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New review: International Climate Finance: UK aid for halting deforestation and preventing irreversible biodiversity loss

Posted on 15 Jul 2021 by Roxanne Ward

…(DFID), now merged into the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). ICAI Chief Commissioner, Dr Tamsyn Barton, said: “Global rates of deforestation and biodiversity loss are catastrophic. Between 1990 and…

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ICAI report finds more ambitious approach required for the alignment of UK aid with the Paris Agreement

Posted on 14 Oct 2021 by Gemma Kinnear

…to tackle the climate crisis.” The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has developed four tools to support the Paris alignment process: a climate risk assessment; shadow carbon pricing (which…

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ICAI review finds the UK’s initial aid response to COVID-19 was strong, but later undermined by reductions to aid budget

Posted on 21 Oct 2021 by Roxanne Ward

…recommended that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office should delegate as much operational decision-making as possible to specialist staff delivering programmes, and that it should review and adapt its ‘drawdown’…

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New ICAI review – The UK’s approach to safeguarding in the humanitarian sector

Posted on 24 Feb 2022 by Roxanne Ward

…ICAI’s review assesses the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) approach to safeguarding in the humanitarian sector. The report follows the significant commitments to reform made by the UK at…

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UK aid spend on education must do more to improve learning for children

Posted on 27 Apr 2022 by Gemma Kinnear

…review assesses the results of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) education programmes since 2015, with a particular focus on girls’ education which is a long-standing UK government priority….

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UK aid channelled through the World Bank’s International Development Association provides good value for money

Posted on 31 May 2022 by Roxanne Ward

…Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI). The aid watchdog has today published its review of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) support to the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA)…

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ICAI follow-up of 2020-21 review reports mixed results

Posted on 30 Jun 2022 by Roxanne Ward

…ICAI’s follow-up exercise had been stronger than last year, but its report showed mixed results overall. ICAI found that challenges created by the merger which created the new Foreign, Commonwealth…

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New information note announced looking at UK support for the Global Fund

Posted on 17 Aug 2022 by Gemma Kinnear

…Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK aid reprioritisation exercises and the new strategy for international development. It will also look at the investment case for the Global Fund’s seventh replenishment….

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ICAI review of UK aid to India finds lack of coherence and absence of strong development rationale, despite areas of strength in the relationship

Posted on 14 Mar 2023 by Gemma Kinnear

…and 2021, including £441 million in bilateral aid, £1 billion in investments through the UK’s development finance institution British Investment International (BII), £129 million in investments via the Foreign, Commonwealth…

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