In focus

New graduate scheme

Apply for our 50 week development programme before 20 March

Volunteer this year

Make 2012 the year you change lives. Find out more about the International Citizen Service

Best of the blogs 2011opens in a new window

The pick of last year's guest and staff blogs including posts on vaccines, mothers and babies and the importance of the private sector

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DFID project 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

How we will provide effective help to people devastated by man-made and natural disasters

dfid bloggers

The UK's Foresight programme is intended to help government think systematically about the future. It helps to improve how we use science and technology within government and society. It does this by drawing on well-tested, scientifically valid techniques to inform those responsible for developing policy and strategy in government...

John Beddington

by John Beddingtonopens in a new window
Government Chief Scientific Adviser