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Andrew Mitchell MP has been appointed as Secretary of State for International Development.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
World Bank Governors endorsed a capital increase for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a shift in shares to increase the voting power of developing countries, and a post-crisis strategy and reform pr…
First published during the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government
DFID will contribute £20 million to the World Food Programme's emergency food operation in Sudan.
We are monitoring the earthquake in Yushu in China and gathering further information about its impact.
What to expect on the DFID website
The Janani Express is taking pregnant women to hospital in remote parts of India
DFID-funded research highlights the role played by home-based care givers in helping people living with HIV/AIDS.
Panos Relay helps young journalists tell the story of child trafficking in Haiti.
From search and rescue to long-term recovery.
A water and sanitation program in Ethiopia is encouraging policy change to improve planning and integration of water and sanitation services
Patients trust in a trial of acyclovir genital herpes treatment has been shown to be crucial to its success
A major survey of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in Pakistan has shown there is a real opportunity to slow the spread of the disease
Research conducted by the Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty has identified the issues facing disabled youth in India
Traditional knowledge and modern scientific method have been combined to provide information about climate change
Thousands of small business loans are creating jobs for men and women
A project in Uganda is helping young women talk about their lives with a view to developing a more gender aware approach to HIV prevention
The health system attending to indigenous populations in Brazil is overhauled applying lessons learned from DFID-funded research
Research can be made accessible by translating articles into local languages
Private apprenticeships are helping the poor escape extreme poverty in Ghana
Young people in South Africa are being given the skills required to improve their lives when facing the problems associated with the AIDS pandemic
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