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From Closed organisation: Department for International Development (DFID)
  • World Population Day

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

  • Postcard from the field: Ethiopia

    25 years on from Live Aid, DFID's Jo Raisin looks at the progress the country has made and the challenges that remain

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

  • Young pupil’s plea for children’s education

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell joined African leaders on Sunday to hear a young girl’s plea to deliver education for 72 million children worldwide.

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

  • From global to local: Climate change post-Copenhagen.

    Speech by Stephen O'Brien, Minister of State for International Development.

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

  • Buddyz breed confidence to change themselves and their communities

    As a member of the thriving Soul Buddyz youth group based at the school – supported by UK aid, from the Department for International Development – Nompumelelo knows where her life is going.

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  • New UK humanitarian support for Niger and Chad

    Hundreds of thousands of people in Niger and Chad will benefit from support to prevent the threat of imminent starvation, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today.

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

  • Access to Medicine Index

    Access to medicine is a basic right, yet each year millions of people die due to preventable and treatable diseases

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

  • How much energy are we using?

    DFID has started publishing real-time information on energy and water use in its London headquarters building.

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

  • Saving lives, restoring hope in Haiti

    Supporting the work of medical aid charity Merlin

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  • World Population Day

    The Secretary of State statement on World Population Day

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

  • Praise for UK efforts to reduce poverty

    OECD's Development Assistance Committee issues a report on UK’s development assistance

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

  • Baroness Amos appointed new Head of UN OCHA

    Baroness Amos appointed new Head of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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

  • Getting people back on their feet in Haiti

    How we're helping people in Haiti rebuild their lives 6 months after the devastating earthquake

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  • 'I'm in love with the forest now - I want to protect it'

    From illegal loggers to community rangers in Indonesia.

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

  • Getting money where it's needed

    How DFID helps the Moldovan government improve the way it plans its budget

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  • Statement on aid transparency

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

  • Postcard from the field: South Africa

    In his last instalment Peter Kerby takes a look at what the World Cup will mean for South Africa beyond the final whistle

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

  • Your freedom

    The government has launched the Your Freedom website to allow as many people in the UK as possible to put forward their ideas on what laws and regulations should be done away with.

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

  • Mitchell hails new, powerful agency for women

    The Government today welcomed a new era for women in developing countries as UN members agreed details of a new UN agency for women and gender issues.

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

  • Cost-saving measures to boost help for world's poor

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced further cash-saving measures as part of an ongoing drive to get value for money out of the Government’s aid budget.

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