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  • Justine Greening: beyond aid - development priorities from 2015

    Speech by the International Development Secretary at Standard Chartered in London on the focus of the UN's new poverty goals, due to be launched in 2015.

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

  • Press briefing: afternoon 1 July 2014

    The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on a proposed Private Members' Bill on foreign aid spend.

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

  • Justine Greening: A humanitarian system for the 21st Century

    Speech delivered by the Secretary of State for International Development at the World Bank spring meetings.

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

  • Ministerial statement on International Development Association of the World Bank

    Secretary of State Justine Greening discusses reforms to the way the World Bank provides aid.

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

  • DFID programme management in southern Africa

    Written statement to Parliament by Development Secretary Justine Greening on the UK's programmes of regional integration and trade in southern Africa.

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

  • Greening: Track UK development support impact

    New online tool launched today will help UK taxpayers track overseas development investment right down to the individual project level.

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

  • Featherstone: World must wake up to 'great neglect' of disability

    Britain will spearhead a new drive to put disability at the forefront of the world's development efforts, UK international development Minister Lynne Featherstone has announced.

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

  • Start your career in international development

    The Department for International Development has launched its latest round of trainee adviser roles.

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

  • DFID contraceptive implant project wins international procurement award

    A DFID project expected to save over £162million ($250million) has won Best International Procurement Project of the Year at the CIPS Awards

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

  • DFID Research: Introducing best practice for developing guidelines at WHO; progress made, but not always welcome

    PLOS ONE looks at how internal reforms have impacted upon global guidelines

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

  • Annual results of Britain's international development investment

    Results of DFID's work saving lives, creating jobs and building economies published in annual report

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

  • Prime Minister and Pope Francis exchange letters on G8

    Read letters by Pope Francis and David Cameron on benefits of G8 agenda for the global economy.

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

  • We can end global poverty by 2030 – United Nations report

    A panel co-chaired by the Prime Minister has set out an ambitious plan to eradicate poverty after the Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015

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

  • New board appointments at DFID

    Eric Salama and Tim Robinson appointed as Non-Executive Directors

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

  • Aid co-ordination roundtable and Twitter Q&A on Somalia

    Secretary of State for International Development, Somali Minister of Finance, and the EU to host meeting on aid coordination in Somalia

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

  • Over 130 aid donors use open data to keep track of global impact

    A new report shows that over three-quarters of development assistance is now tracked via the International Aid Transparency Initiative

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

  • A thousand days to reach the Millennium Development Goals

    Response to a letter from faith leaders about meeting the Millennium Development Goals in 2015

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

  • Beyond 2015: Reducing poverty after the MDGs

    Follow the discussions shaping the post 2015 development agenda as the UN's High Level Panel meets in London, Monrovia and Bali

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

  • DFID Research: Manifesto for the extreme poor

    The Economic Empowerment of the Poorest Programme (EEP) is working in Bangladesh to help understand extreme poverty and to develop effective strategies for social empowerment and economic growth.

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

  • DFID Research: Climate Week Award for DFID

    Last week Evergreen Agriculture, a DFID funded project, was recognised in the UK Climate Week Awards.

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