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  • Funding opportunity for partner organisations

    DFID is inviting applications for a new round of Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) funding for the period from April 2011 to March 2014.

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

  • Response to comments on international development

    This is a response to the public comments received on The Coalition: Our Programme for Government on international development. Thanks to all of you who commented.

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

  • Consultation on new third sector fund

    A new fund that will benefit a range of small to large civil society organisations will be launched by DFID this year.

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

  • Agreement on EU External Action Service

    A structure for the European External Action Service (EEAS) was agreed on Monday by William Hague and fellow EU Foreign Ministers.

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

  • Clegg outlines vision for development

    A pledge to put women at the ‘front and centre’ of aid with a new emphasis on girls’ education and family planning is a key element of a new reform plan to achieve the Coalition Government’s objectives on international devel…

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister talks development with Bill Gates

    Following a meeting with philanthropist Bill Gates today, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg confirmed that he will be representing the UK at the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the United Nations in September.

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

  • UK’s Afghan aid effort to increase by 40%

    The UK’s aid effort in Afghanistan will be expanded by 40%, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today.

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

  • Alan Duncan visits Bangladesh

    Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan MP in Bangladesh on fact-finding visit

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Postcard from the field: South Africa

    England may have been knocked out, but Peter Kerby finds success elsewhere in South Africa

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

  • Andrew Mitchell speech to UN Economic and Social Council

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

  • Andrew Mitchell delivers first overseas speech in Washington

    Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell's first overseas speech given at Carnegie Endowment, Washington DC

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

  • Andrew Mitchell delivers first overseas speech in Washington

    Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell's first overseas speech given at Carnegie Endowment, Washington DC, Friday 25 June.

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

  • DFID Overseas Territories Department's relocation to East Kilbride

    DFID is relocating its Overseas Territories Department (OTD) to its other Headquarter site in East Kilbride, Scotland.

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