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The effectiveness of Official Development Assistance expenditure

This report focuses on what Official Development Assistance spending is achieving in practice.

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HM Treasury

Published:
20 Jun 2019

Departmental Overview: Department for International Development

This Overview summarises the Department’s responsibilities on how it spends its money and its key developments of work.

Sector(s): International, Parliament

Performance Improvement area(s): Support to Boards

Department(s): Department for International Development

Published:
7 Nov 2018

Managing the Official Development Assistance target a report on progress

Official Development Assistance is being increasingly spent by departments other than the Department for International Development.

Sector(s): International

Performance Improvement area(s): International issues

Department(s): Department for International Development

Published:
18 Jul 2017

Investigation into the Department for International Development’s approach to tackling fraud

The NAO has conducted an investigation into DFID’s approach to tackling fraud, following an increase in the potential risks after the government committed to spend 0.7% of GDP on foreign aid.

Sector(s): International

Performance Improvement area(s): Fraud, error and debt management, International issues

Department(s): Department for International Development

Published:
9 Feb 2017

Department for International Development: investing through CDC

The Department for International Development has improved its oversight of CDC and has directed it to address many of the weaknesses previously identified by Parliament. However, it remains a significant challenge for CDC to demonstrate its ultimate objective of creating and making a lasting difference to people’s lives in some of the world’s poorest places.

Sector(s): International

Performance Improvement area(s): International issues

Department(s): Department for International Development

Published:
28 Nov 2016

Departmental Overview 2015-16: Department for International Development

This guide is designed to provide a quick and accessible overview of the Department for International Development and focuses in particular on where we believe the Department’s performance could be improved, using examples from our published work.

Sector(s): International, Parliament

Department(s): Department for International Development

Published:
8 Nov 2016

Realising the benefits of the St Helena Airport project

The St Helena airport’s planned opening date in May 2016 has been postponed as outstanding safety concerns are addressed, potentially adding to the project’s cost and delaying its benefits.

Sector(s): International

Performance Improvement area(s): International issues

Department(s): Department for International Development

Published:
9 Jun 2016

Responding to crises

The Department for International Development’s spending on humanitarian interventions has almost trebled between 2010-11 and 2014-15 to more than £1 billion per year, rising as a share of its total budget from 6% to 14%.

Sector(s): International

Performance Improvement area(s): International issues

Department(s): Department for International Development

Published:
21 Jan 2016