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  • DFID research: GDN Conference to take place on Urbanisation and Development

    The Global Development Network’s 13th Annual Global Development Conference will take place between 16-18th June 2012 in Budapest, Hungary.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: our aid programme in India

    The Development Secretary reaffirms Britain's support for India's poorest people

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

  • Fair trade: Andrew Mitchell backs trade and growth

    DFID engagement with the private sector supports work to bring commercial and development objectives together in private sector activity. Fairtrade and fair trade approaches contribute to this area of work.

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

  • Malawi: Urgent support for vital health projects

    Today the British Government announced urgent support for the Malawian health system to prevent the cancellation of vital vaccination and bed net programmes.

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

  • Pakistan UK Trade and Investment Roadmap

    Road map builds on the Bilateral Investment Treaty signed in 1994 by Prime Minister John Major and late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto

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

  • Business: CDC backs first Ethiopian fund

    The UK’s development finance institution, has announced a new investment in the first-ever international private equity fund focused exclusively on Ethiopia

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

  • MDGs: Prime Minister to co-chair UN panel on development

    The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has asked the Prime Minister, President Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia and President Yudhoyono of Indonesia to co-chair the High Level Panel on post-Millennium Developmen…

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

  • Volunteering: UK doctors and nurses helping the poorest

    Volunteer British doctors, nurses and midwives will train more than 13,000 health workers to provide life-saving care for millions of the world’s poorest people

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

  • Called to be a midwife in northern Nigeria

    How a midwifery school is inspiring a new generation of midwives

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  • DFID research: Groundwater in Africa: Harnessing the hidden sea for climate adaptation

    Groundwater in Africa: Harnessing the hidden sea for climate adaptation.

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

  • DFID research: Barriers to interaction can limit research uptake by the media

    Two case studies from Panos London’s Relay Programme show that limited interaction between researchers and journalists are a barrier to increasing the amount and quality of reporting using research findings.

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

  • Education against all odds: job skills open up new worlds in Helmand

    From tending fields to tailoring - how UK aid and Mercy Corps are investing in Afghanistan's youth

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  • Education: British aid to transform 1m girls’ lives

    Today the UK Government is launching the first round of funding for the Girls' Education Challenge

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

  • Actis: Taxpayer to benefit from investment

    The UK Government has sold its remaining 40% shareholding in Actis Capital LLP in return for a share in the profits of its funds, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: Sale of Actis

    Written Ministerial Statement by International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell on the sale of Actis.

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

  • DFID research: Safeguarding the Future of Rural Livelihoods: World’s first environmental health index

    A project supported by the ESPA has produced the world’s first environmental health index to be based on long term historical data.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: British aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Written statement by Andrew Mitchell on British aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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

  • Green growth: UK to help 2.5m access clean energy

    Britain will help support innovative private companies to bring sustainable energy to some of the poorest countries in Africa and Asia

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

  • South Sudan: UK warns of humanitarian disaster

    The British government will provide emergency support to help 100,000 people facing severe food shortages in South Sudan.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: Climate change - delivering on our commitments

    International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell's speech at the joint press conference on Clean Energy Ministerial and Sustainable Energy for All today at Lancaster House.

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