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Resource accounts 2009-10 [PDF - 2.4 MB]opens in a new window
22 July 2010
For the year ended 31 March 2010
DFID in 2009-10 [PDF - 2.6 MB]opens in a new window
Response to the International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006.
Results and value for money: A performance review of the human development portfolio in Mozambique [PDF - 1.2 MB]opens in a new window
01 July 2010
Over the period 2005-10 DFID Mozambique (DFIDMoz) spent around £ 74 million on the Human Development (HD) portfolio in Mozambique. The main result from this investment has been a significant contribution to basic services...
Congo 50 and beyond [PDF - 6.3 MB]opens in a new window
30 June 2010
50 years of the UK DRC partnership
Product Development Partnerships (PDPs): Lessons from PDPs established to develop new health technologies for neglected diseases [PDF - 515 KB]opens in a new window
02 June 2010
This paper discusses the nature of the investment barriers in the neglected disease field and how the Product Development Partnership (PDP) model overcomes them.
The politics of poverty: Elites, citizens and states - Findings from ten years of DFID-funded research on governance and fragile states 2001-2010 [PDF - 3 MB]opens in a new window
01 June 2010
Governance describes the way countries and societies manage their affairs politically and the way power and authority are exercised. For the poorest and most vulnerable, the difference that good, or particularly bad, governance, makes to their lives .....
DFID’s expenditure on humanitarian assistance 2008-2009 [PDF - 169 KB]opens in a new window
24 May 2010
This report is an analysis of DFID’s Humanitarian Assistance spending during the financial year 2008-2009
Southern Africa programme evaluation 2004-2009 summary (EVSUM EV711) [PDF - 81 KB]opens in a new window
01 May 2010
Summary of the Southern Africa Programme Evaluation (SAPE), which is a five year retrospective evaluation of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) programme in Southern Africa from 2004 to 2009, with a focus on the period since 2006.
Southern Africa programme evaluation 2004-2009 (EV711) [PDF - 4.5 MB]opens in a new window
The Southern Africa Programme Evaluation (SAPE) is a five year retrospective evaluation of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) programme in Southern Africa from 2004 to 2009, with a focus on the period since 2006.
Annual diversity report 2009-10 [PDF - 466 KB]opens in a new window
30 April 2010
Diversity is a core business issue for DFID. We work with poor and marginalised sections of society in a huge variety of settings overseas, and as an organisation we rely on a huge variety of skills and people from many different backgrounds.
Public attitudes towards development: April 2010 [PDF - 389 KB]opens in a new window
01 April 2010
This report details the findings from the February 2010 wave of a survey designed to track the UK public’s attitudes towards development.
Evaluation of the Medicines Transparency Alliance phase 1 2008-2010: Main report [PDF - 1.5 MB]opens in a new window
The evaluation of the MeTA initiative took place between 1st December 2009 and 28th Feb 2010.
Evaluation of DFID's country programme: China 2004-2009 summary (EVSUM EV710) [PDF - 424 KB]opens in a new window
This is a summary of the evaluation of DFID’s country programme in China between 2004 and 2009.
Evaluation of DFID's country programme: Mozambique 2006-2009 summary (EVSUM EV712) [PDF - 2.5 MB]opens in a new window
This Mozambique Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) assesses the relevance and effectiveness of DFID’s aid budget over the period 2006-2009.
DFID's China country programme 2004-2009: Country programme evaluation (EV710) [PDF - 1.3 MB]opens in a new window
The evaluation covers a five-year period 2004-2009, spanning two strategy periods: a Country Strategy Paper (CSP) (2002-2005) and a Country Assistance Plan (CAP) (2006-2011).
DFID's Mozambique country programme 2006-2009: Country programme evaluation (EV712) [PDF - 2.5 MB]opens in a new window
This Mozambique Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) forms part of a sixth round of CPEs undertaken on behalf of DFID’s Evaluation Department. CPEs are conducted to provide accountability and lesson learning for DFID based on the quality of delivery at c...
Cities: the new frontier [PDF - 3.4 MB]opens in a new window
31 March 2010
Cities are the future of the 21st century. More than half the world’s population lives in towns and cities and this proportion will rise to nearly two thirds by 2030. Cities are seats of government and learning, crucibles of culture – art, theatre and...
Evaluation summary of DFID country programme: Sudan (Evsum708) [PDF - 348 KB]opens in a new window
26 March 2010
This report is the evaluation of DFID’s country programme in Sudan over the period 2005 to 2008
Country Programme Evaluation - Sudan (EV708) [PDF - 5.1 MB]opens in a new window
This evaluation of DFID’s country programme in Sudan is one of a series of regular Country Programme Evaluations (CPEs) commissioned by DFID’s Evaluation Department
Demining Strategy 2010 - 2013 [PDF - 148 KB]opens in a new window
16 March 2010
Creating a safer environment: clearing landmines and other explosive remnants of war.