In focus

Andrew Mitchell

Andrew Mitchell: Our aid programme in India

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

Aid scrutiny

Read our response to aid watchdog's report on DFID's support for elections

New podcast: life as a volunteer midwifeopens in a new window

"The hospital doesn't have air conditioning and it can get too hot in the day... the women deliver outside under the trees."

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DFID projects database

Find summaries of the projects we fund, including the results they aim to achieve and how much they cost

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The future of UK aid

Changing lives, delivering results: our plans to help the world's poorest people

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Humanitarian Emergency Response Review

Results of Lord Ashdown's independent review

dfid bloggers

What do you think about when you think about research? Do you think of stereotypes – such as academics looking like Einstein in the picture below with the blackboard? Dusty theses sitting on library shelves? Or do you think about the kind of exciting, innovative initiatives and companies – TED, Google and the DFID-funded "What's Your ...

Vicky Seymour

by Vicky Seymouropens in a new window
Infrastructure and Environment Adviser, DR Congo