Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
“Fundamental weaknesses” in a £735m UK aid fund to help the poorest countries have left it neglecting its international development goals, a watchdog has claimed.
The UK’s new international secretary Rory Stewart has got off to a good start but there is still much he can do to improve the department, says the ODI’s Simon Gill.
The UK government is to provide an additional £200m of aid to Yemen, where millions of people are suffering in what has been called the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”.
A series of aid programmes will be set up to stem the flow of money obtained unlawfully or immorally in developing countries, the UK government has announced.
More of the money donated to international charities – including from governments around the world - should go towards making it easier to whistleblow against charity sector abuse.
While there is a desire to continue providing international aid, it is important the EU and UK do not reduce their Official Development Assistance because of Brexit, say campaigners Nasim Salad and...
The way the UK spends its international aid budget will be “reset” to help the world’s poor and win back the trust of “sceptical” British taxpayers, Penny Mordaunt has said.
Campaigners have called for greater transparency in British aid spending being channelled through an increasingly broad range of government departments.
The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through House of Commons yesterday.
Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
The Department for International Development may struggle to deliver its goals if the pound fails to recover from its post-EU referendum plunge, the department’s permanent secretary has warned.
Traditional humanitarian responses to global crises are underfunded and often miss their mark. As new donors emerge and the benefits of more local approaches are recognised, does the western aid...
MPs on the International Development Select committee have quizzed Priti Patel, the new secretary of state for international development, over remarks that sparked concern about the future of one of...
