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Trade Policy Unit (DFID Resources) Operational Plan 2011-2015: 2011 version [PDF - 170 KB]opens in a new window
01 April 2011
Trade Policy Unit aim to increase the growth of trade in low income countries, by sustaining and enhancing developing countries’ level of access to markets and increasing their trade competitiveness by lowering the costs of trading and addressing ...
DFID Pakistan Operational Plan 2011-2015 summary: 2011 version [PDF - 155 KB]opens in a new window
Summary of DFID's work in Pakistan from 2011 to 2015: why we work in Pakistan, what we will achieve, who we will work with and how we will work.
How to note: Preparing an operational plan [PDF - 104 KB]opens in a new window
31 March 2011
Operational Plans will collectively provide the necessary detail of how we will implement the Business Plan and enable the central aggregation, monitoring and management to ensure delivery.
Health is Global: An outcomes framework for global health 2011-15 [PDF - 861 KB]opens in a new window
The framework will focus the UK Government’s efforts to drive forward the global health agenda by 2015. It defines twelve global health outcomes in three overarching areas for action: global health security, international development and trade.
Humanitarian Emergency Response Review [PDF - 2 MB]opens in a new window
28 March 2011
This review makes a series of high level policy, and some down to earth practical, recommendations intended to bring this change about.
Handout: Constraints in the UK to Ghana Remittances Market [PDF - 160 KB]opens in a new window
23 March 2011
Over the past decade, remittances have had a significant impact on the economy of Ghana.
Report: Constraints in the UK to Ghana remittances market [PDF - 1.4 MB]opens in a new window
This report assesses the UK to Ghana remittance corridor, addressing both the UK and Ghanaian regulatory environments, the products and services available on the market and the remittance patterns of the UK-based Ghanaian Diaspora.
A new strategic vision for girls and women: stopping poverty before it starts [PDF - 140 KB]opens in a new window
08 March 2011
The UK has committed to putting girls and women at the heart of our development assistance. Our new vision for girls and women builds on the commitments set out in DFID’s Business Plan. It sets out four pillars for greater and more effective action.
Multilateral Aid Review [PDF - 3 MB]opens in a new window
01 March 2011
The Multilateral Aid Review was commissioned to assess the value for money for UK aid of funding through multilateral organisations.
UK aid: Changing lives, delivering results [PDF - 3.6 MB]opens in a new window
The key outcomes of two aid reviews and the results that UK aid will deliver for the world's poorest people over the next four years.
Serbia and the UK (English and local language) [PDF - 1.7 MB]opens in a new window
DFID has contributed towards Serbia’s progress with £30 million of assistance over the last eleven years.
UK aid: Changing lives, delivering results in Pakistan [PDF - 781 KB]opens in a new window
Pakistan is one of the UK Government’s top priorities. And that’s why the UK's aid to Pakistan could potentially more than double, scaling up to £446 million a year by 2015
Moldova and the UK (English and local language) [PDF - 1.3 MB]opens in a new window
Between 1994 and the end of the DFID programme in 2011, nearly £35 million of UK aid will have been allocated across the sectors
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment for International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) [PDF - 43 KB]opens in a new window
IFAD is a specialised agency of the United Nations and an international financial institution dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of the International Development Association (IDA) [PDF - 39 KB]opens in a new window
The International Development Association is one of the largest sources of concessional financing and technical assistance to low income countries.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) [PDF - 40 KB]opens in a new window
The GAVI Alliance is a global health partnership whose purpose is to scale up immunisation in the poorest countries.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) [PDF - 44 KB]opens in a new window
The FAO leads on food in the UN system and focuses on MDG1, reducing hunger and poverty.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) [PDF - 34 KB]opens in a new window
UNAIDS is a joint programme of 10 United Nations organisations and the UNAIDS Secretariat charged with delivering an effective response to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) [PDF - 42 KB]opens in a new window
UNFPA is mandated to lead on sexual and reproductive health rights and support countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) [PDF - 39 KB]opens in a new window
UN-HABITAT aims to help the urban poor by transforming cities into safer, healthier, greener places with better opportunities where everyone can live in dignity.