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Strategic vision for girls and women: One year on [PDF - 456 KB]opens in a new window
17 August 2012
The Strategic Vision for Girls and Women: One Year On sets out what has been achieved in the past 12 months
DFID Private Sector Department Operational Plan 2011-2015 [PDF - 147 KB]opens in a new window
01 June 2012
Private Sector Department aims to prompt and support a DFID-wide culture change whereby DFID becomes more effective at achieving its objectives by virtue of greater openness and capability to engage with private enterprise.
Survey of green growth/environmental sustainability accounting and indicators [PDF - 1.5 MB]opens in a new window
06 April 2012
This study conducted a survey of the major green growth frameworks and indicators to improve understanding of their function, pros, cons and the links between them.
2012 Joint Factsheet on US-UK Partnership for Global Development [PDF - 98 KB]opens in a new window
14 March 2012
The US and UK are working together through the Partnership for Global Development to achieve better results by advancing economic growth; preventing conflict in fragile states; improving global health, particularly for girls and women; strengthening m ...
The Engine of Development: The private sector and prosperity for poor people [PDF - 1.4 MB]opens in a new window
30 May 2011
UK aid is about generating opportunity and prosperity for poor people in developing countries. This document sets out how we intend to put the private sector centre-stage in doing this.
DFID Private Sector Department Operational Plan 2011-2015: 2011 version [PDF - 67 KB]opens in a new window
01 May 2011
Development Finance Compensation and Benefits Study [PDF - 1.1 MB]opens in a new window
30 April 2011
DFID commissioned Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP) to conduct an independent study to summarise the remuneration levels and structures from public, private and development sector organisations with a similar or comparable purpose to CDC Group PLC
Government guidelines commercial diplomacy [PDF - 40 KB]opens in a new window
This note explains how DFID, UKTI and FCO staff at overseas Posts should work together to pursue the commercial diplomacy and untied aid agendas.
Report: Constraints in the UK to Ghana remittances market [PDF - 1.4 MB]opens in a new window
23 March 2011
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.
Engaging the private sector in skills development (Guidance note: A DFID practice paper) [PDF - 625 KB]opens in a new window
01 March 2011
This guidance note provides information on how the private sector can become involved in skills development; it identifies the contribution the private sector can make to increase both the quality and quantity of provision, complementing as well as cha ..
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) [PDF - 45 KB]opens in a new window
The EBRD finances banks, industries and business from Central Europe and the Western Balkans to Central Asia to support countries’ transition towards democratic market.
Comparing Development Finance Institutions [PDF - 643 KB]opens in a new window
31 January 2011
Comparing Development Finance Institutions litrature review
Literature Review on the Constraints to Investment in Developing Countries [PDF - 688 KB]opens in a new window
31 December 2010
Literature review on Development reyrnto the DFI investments in private sector enterprises
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.
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...
Synthesis of Regional Programme Evaluations: 2007/2008 (EV694) [PDF - 3.4 MB]opens in a new window
01 October 2008
DFID’s Country and Regional Programme Evaluations provide a regular and independent assessment of the performance of our major programmes.
Desk review of DFID’s private sector infrastructure investment facilities [PDF - 1 MB]opens in a new window
01 March 2008
Working Paper 24: Literature Review On Private Sector Infrastructure Investment (Literature-review) [PDF - 550 KB]opens in a new window
01 October 2007
Security And Justice Sector Reform Programming In Africa: Evaluation Working Paper 23 (sjr) [PDF - 1.2 MB]opens in a new window
01 April 2007
Developing capacity?: An evaluation of DFID-funded technical co-operation for economic management in sub-Saharan Africa - synthesis report [PDF - 3.5 MB]opens in a new window
01 June 2006
This study of technical ooperation in support of economic management in a number of sub-Saharan African countries (Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Zambia) was undertaken by Oxford Policy Management as part of the programme of independent evaluation stud...