Delivering the UK's international development strategy: 2023 progress update
This report summarises how the government has implemented its approach and priorities to international development since May 2022.
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The May 2022 UK Strategy for International Development put development at the heart of the UK’s foreign policy. It established a patient approach to development, supporting low- and middle-income countries achieve sustainable growth, address suffering and tackle the causes of shared global crises.
Since then, the Integrated Review Refresh and the Minister for Development’s Chatham House speech committed the government to strengthen UK development work, modernise our development partnerships and progress the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This report summarises how we have implemented our strategy since May 2022, including through:
Supporting sustainable growth:
- over £2.3 billion of new guarantees signed with Multilateral Development Banks and £1.1 billion of UK investment into Africa
- Just Energy Transition Partnerships agreed with South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam and Senegal to accelerate transition to secure, clean and affordable energy
- 33,000 green jobs and £588 million private and public finance for clean energy innovation through the Ayrton Fund
Alleviating suffering:
- £1,060 million (2022 provisional figure) of life-saving humanitarian support to people affected by natural disasters and war
- an estimated 15 million children immunised through UK support to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI)
Addressing crises:
- UK-funded research showed how to increase yields of a major food crop by over 20%, with potential to support food security whilst protecting biodiversity
- launch of the UK’s Atrocity Prevention Hub
Following our call for evidence, we will publish a white paper on international development setting out how we can address poverty and climate change and achieve the SDGs.