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Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) [PDF - 40 KB]opens in a new window
01 March 2011
UNIFEM was the UN’s development fund for women dedicated to advancing the rights of women and achieving gender equality.
Comparing Development Finance Institutions [PDF - 643 KB]opens in a new window
31 January 2011
Comparing Development Finance Institutions litrature review
Including Africa - beyond microfinance [PDF - 640 KB]opens in a new window
27 January 2011
This paper considers the state of financial inclusion in Africa - the continent with by far the worst levels of financial access in the world
Pilot review programme: United Kingdom [PDF - 157 KB]opens in a new window
01 January 2011
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) review of the Implementation of Articles 5, 15, 16, 17, 25, 46 paragraphs 9 and 13, 52 and 53 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
How to note: Guidance on using the revised logical framework [PDF - 237 KB]opens in a new window
This guidance aims to help you make the best use of the logical framework (logframe) in designing and managing projects.
Conflict Pool annual report 2009-10 [PDF - 2.8 MB]opens in a new window
The Conflict Pool seeks to reduce the impact of conflict and instability around the world. The UK is committed to preventing, managing and resolving conflict, and building peace and stability in the priority regions where the risk and impact of conflict .
Choices for women - planned pregnancies, safe births and healthy newborns [PDF - 1.5 MB]opens in a new window
31 December 2010
The UK’s Framework for Results for improving reproductive, maternal and newborn health in the developing world
Literature Review on the Constraints to Investment in Developing Countries [PDF - 688 KB]opens in a new window
Literature review on Development reyrnto the DFI investments in private sector enterprises
Breaking the Cycle - Saving Lives and Protecting the Future [PDF - 1.3 MB]opens in a new window
The UK’s Framework for Results for malaria in the developing world
Newsletter on UK support to Afghanistan [PDF - 276 KB]opens in a new window
21 December 2010
A third of the population in Afghanistan live under the poverty line. One in six children die before their fifth birthday, and the average life expectancy is 44. The UK Government is working closely with the Government of Afghanistan to help improve livin
DFID’s Expenditure on humanitarian assistance 2009/10 [PDF - 347 KB]opens in a new window
20 December 2010
This report evaluates DFID’s Humanitarian Assistance spending during the financial year 2009/10.
Ghana newsletter on Civil Society, December 2010 [PDF - 184 KB]opens in a new window
08 December 2010
This newsletter is designed to keep Ghanaians, and those in the UK with an interest in Ghana, informed of the work we are doing to reduce poverty.
Electoral assitance and politics: Lessons for international support [PDF - 1.3 MB]opens in a new window
01 December 2010
Elections are increasingly accepted as a key component of establishing and maintaining state legitimacy, an important step on the path to forging an inclusive and stable political settlement.
Elections in Pakistan in 2008 [PDF - 1.1 MB]opens in a new window
The 2008 election in Pakistan marked an important watershed in Pakistani politics, and took place in unique circumstances.
Elections in Sierra Leone in 2007 and 2008 [PDF - 591 KB]opens in a new window
The restoration of peace in Sierra Leone, the succession of reasonable elections since 2002, and the peaceful change of government via the ballot box in 2007 are all rightly seen as huge accomplishments.
DFID Policy 2010: UK's policy position on safe and unsafe abortion in developing countries (Practice paper) [PDF - 566 KB]opens in a new window
Women and adolescent girls must have the right to make their own decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and well being, and be able to choose whether, when and how many children to have.
How to note: On electoral assistance - summary version [PDF - 688 KB]opens in a new window
This How To Note provides guidance for UK country posts on when and how to support elections internationally. It is issued jointly by FCO and DFID, and covers both diplomatic engagement and development assistance.
How to note: On electoral assistance [PDF - 1.1 MB]opens in a new window
Elections in Nigeria in 2007 [PDF - 597 KB]opens in a new window
The Nigerian elections of April 2007 were judged by most observers to fall a long way short of the standards for credible, free and fair elections and to be the worst in Nigeria’s post-independence, electoral history.
Elections in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006 [PDF - 644 KB]opens in a new window
In the wake of decades of authoritarian rule and protracted violent conflict, the DRC held its first multi-party elections in nearly forty years in 2006.