DFID produces many publications, such as white papers, reports and policy documents on the ways we fight poverty. Find what you need here.
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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.
Assessment behaviour change Zimbabwe [PDF - 735 KB]opens in a new window
14 March 2011
Report covers the period Jan 2006 to Sept 2010, during which the total PSI programme was mainly funded by DFID and USAID. The analysis covers the programme as a whole and does not distingush between activities funded by different donors
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.
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
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.
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 International Organisation for Migration (IOM) [PDF - 46 KB]opens in a new window
IOM provides services and advice to governments and migrants to advance understanding of migration issues and to encourage social and economic development through migration.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of the African Development Fund (AfDF) [PDF - 38 KB]opens in a new window
The AfDF provides highly concessional loans and grants to 38 mainly low-income African countries.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of UNITAID [PDF - 34 KB]opens in a new window
UNITAID aims to scale up access to treatment for poor people by engaging in commodity markets to reduce prices, improve quality and increase and accelerate the supply of key diagnostics and medicines for the poor.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) [PDF - 42 KB]opens in a new window
ECHO is the humanitarian arm of the European Commission and acts as a donor on behalf of the European Union.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) [PDF - 39 KB]opens in a new window
OCHA is an entity in the UN Secretariat that supports the mobilization, funding, coordination and policy setting of humanitarian action in response to both protracted and rapid onset emergencies.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR ) [PDF - 40 KB]opens in a new window
UNHCR provides international protection and humanitarian assistance to refugees and other persons of concern while working to find durable solutions to their situation.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment for the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) [PDF - 123 KB]opens in a new window
GFDRR’s main areas of focus are global and regional level advocacy, technical and financial assistance to low and middle-income countries and a disaster recovery fund.