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From Closed organisation: Department for International Development (DFID)
  • New four year plan to support the Palestinian people

    Britain has set out how it plans to tackle poverty in the Occupied Palestinian Territories over the next four years

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Annual report for 2010-11 now published

    The annual report details the department's activities, its spending and progress in figthing world poverty

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK backs UN Women to invest more in girls

    The UK will improve the prospects of millions of girls and women around the world by supporting the new agency

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Andrew Mitchell: Aid for the Horn of Africa food crisis

    Andrew Mitchell's written statement to the House of Commons on British intervention in the Horn of Africa food crisis.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: New evidence on Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for malaria

    Cochrane Systematic Review shows that when tested in scientific studies, RDTs are accurate in detecting Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letter from Secretary of State to BAE Systems

    Letter from Secretary of State to BAE Systems.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New British drive to help tackle crisis in Yemen

    New emergency humanitarian support from the UK will help to tackle rapidly worsening conditions in Yemen.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New scheme backs public choices on aid spending

    The Government launched UK Aid Match today – a new scheme which gives the British public a say in how part of the development budget is spent

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Call for new research proposals now open

    DFID and the Economic and Social Research Council are calling for new research proposals in the field of international development

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Andrew Mitchell welcomes UN Women strategy

    Today Andrew Mitchell welcomed the launch of UN Women's forward-looking strategic plan

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fighting for women’s rights in Nepal

    Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone meets the women who are helping their communities

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  • World Refugee Day 2011

    Foreign Secretary and International Development Secretary mark 10th World Refugee Day

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • First ever global midwifery report published

    Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are improved by 2015, according to a major new report launched today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: Getting research into policy and practice – lessons from research on sexual health and HIV

    A new report explores the strategies for translating research into policy used by research organisations working on sexual health and HIV.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Britain to lead more effective response to disasters

    Today the UK laid out how it will improve the way it responds to man-made and natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Andrew Mitchell: The humanitarian response review

    Andrew Mitchell's oral statement to the House of Commons in response to the Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR), 15 June 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Vaccine summit saves four million lives in four hours

    The UK spearheaded a global effort to vaccinate a quarter of a billion children by 2015

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Situation in Syria

    International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell speaks to ICRC about the situation in Syria

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK works towards zero infections of HIV

    Today the UK announced it will help reduce new HIV infections by at least half a million among women in Africa by 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: Developmental patrimonialism? Rethinking business and politics in Africa

    A new policy brief written by Tim Kelsall from the Africa Power and Politics Programme has been published.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government