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From Closed organisation: Department for International Development (DFID)
  • A community built from within

    How DFID helps South African communities work together to combat poverty

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  • Dignified futures: how hard work builds hope

    How we're giving South Africa's vulnerable communities something to smile about

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  • International assessment sets out action to meet MDGs

    Helen Clark, head of UNDP launches international assessment of action needed to meet MDGs.

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

  • Postcard from the field: South Africa

    One week into the World Cup, our man in Pretoria struggles to keep a stiff upper lip. Read his update

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

  • CDC publishes annual development review report for 2009

    CDC, the UK government owned development finance institution has published its annual Development Review report for 2009 detailing its investment impact in poorer countries.

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

  • Aid budget to be refocused to deliver better results

    The UK will focus its aid on fewer countries in a move designed to increase the impact of funding on the world’s poorest people

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

  • Delivering as One: UK speech from Minister of State

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

  • Hope across the South African border

    How we help children from Zimbabwe find shelter and support in neighbouring South Africa

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  • G8 summit 2010 Muskoka

    The G8 leaders are holding their annual summit in Muskoka in Canada this year.

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

  • Alan Duncan visits Vietnam to address UN conference

    Minister of State Alan Duncan visits Vietnam to speak at the UN Delivering as One conference in Hanoi.

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

  • EU countries ‘must honour aid promises’

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has today called on EU nations to maintain their commitment to international aid, despite the financial crisis.

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

  • 1GOAL: Education For All campaign

    More than 8 million people have signed up to make the World Cup a lasting legacy

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

  • Zuma announces education summit

    South African President Jacob Zuma and Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA, announce the 1GOAL Education Summit will take place on 7 July

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

  • Andrew Mitchell in Pakistan

    More than three million children will benefit from free textbooks in the conflict-affected province of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa

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

  • Postcard from the field: South Africa

    As the World Cup kicks off, South Africa reaches fever pitch. DFID's Peter Kerby reports

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

  • UK pledges new support for Afghanistan

    The UK is set to provide new support to Afghanistan in a drive to create more jobs, improve policing and strengthen the effectiveness of Afghan government, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today.

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

  • UK to review multilateral aid spend

    The UK Government is to reassess its funding of international agencies such as the World Bank and United Nations in a drive to direct money at only the most effective organisations

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

  • Mitchell backs malaria charity single

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has joined the Prime Minister David Cameron in backing the Sun and Terry Venables’ World Cup charity single

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

  • Global School pupils meet their adopted England stars

    Young South African pupils with links to UK schools came face to face with their English football heroes on Monday.

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

  • Online consultation on innovation and economic growth

    DFID is undertaking research into how the spread of new technology increases economic growth in low-income countries and what can be done to encourage it.

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