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  • Foreign Office staff mark World Day Against the Death Penalty

    British embassies around the world marked 10 October 2010 as a global day of action against the death penalty. The UK Government has launched its strategy for Global Abolition.

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

  • Private sector holds key to tackling global poverty

    The UK will step-up and intensify its work with business and enterprise as part of the battle against poverty in the poorest countries, heralding a new era of private sector-led development work

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

  • Written statement to the House of Commons on Pakistan floods

    COPY PENDING

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

  • Research for Development joins DFID website

    From Wednesday 13 October the web address for the Research for Development (R4D) site will change to www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell attends World Bank annual meetings

    Andrew Mitchell attends the annual meetings of the World Bank this weekend in Washington.

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

  • Rural roads boost ethnic minority livelihoods in Vietnam

    How UKaid funded road building in Vietnam helps ethnic minority families lift themselves out of poverty

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  • David Cameron launches new government volunteering scheme

    The Prime Minister launches International Citizen Service, a new Government volunteering scheme to help young adults across the UK the opportunity to travel to developing countries to join the fight against poverty.

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

  • HRH The Duke of Gloucester visits UKaid projects in Lagos

    HRH The Duke of Gloucester visits two UKaid projects in Lagos as part of his visit to join Nigeria in celebrating 50 years of independence.

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

  • Update on Programme Partnership Arrangements 2011-2014

    List of organisations invited to submit a proposal for Programme Partnership Arrangements.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell praises pupils ‘digging deep’ for Pakistan

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell to congratulate pupils at Lordswood Boys’ School in Birmingham for their fundraising efforts for people in flood-hit Pakistan.

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

  • DFID Research: Chronic Poverty Research Centre: ten years of war against poverty

    Chronic Poverty is a varied and complex phenomenon, but at its root is powerlessness. Poor people expend enormous energy in trying to do better for themselves and for their children

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  • DFID helps Uganda's most vulnerable people

    The UK government is supporting a new social protection programme in Uganda which will help to lift the country's most vulnerable people out of poverty.

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

  • 2010 UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals

    UK hails 'unprecedented success' at 2010 summit on MDGs

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

  • MDG Summit outcomes: UK hails 'unprecedented' success

    Round-up of outcomes from the 2010 UN Millennium Goals Summit, which took place in New York from 20-22 September.

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

  • International Development Minister attends Yemen meeting

    Ministers of the Friends of Yemen met in New York on the 24th of September to build on international coordination since January 2010.

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

  • Joint statement by Deputy PM and US Vice President on Pakistan

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and US Vice President Joe Biden issued a joint statement on Pakistan following their meeting in Washington on 23 September 2010.

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

  • Deputy PM pledges to increase UK overseas aid spending

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has confirmed that UK aid spending will increase to 0.7% of gross national income from 2013 - doubling its spending on maternal health and child mortality in poor countries.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister pledges to increase UK overseas aid spending

    UK aid spending will increase to 0.7% of gross national income from 2013.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister will announce the UK global efforts to combat malaria

    The UK will help halve the number of deaths caused by malaria in at least ten African countries by 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will announce today.

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

  • UK launches new research programme to tackle malnutrition

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell says nutrition is set to be a major focus of the UK’s efforts to improve the health of women and children in the developing world

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