Sections:
White Paper: making governance work for the poor
13 July 2006
White Paper:
Foreword, preface, Section
1: delivering our promises
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building states that work for poor people(1
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helping people get security, incomes, and public services(1.7
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working internationally to tackle climate change(1.4
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Section 5:
creating an international system fit for the 21st century; what can you do; endnotes(1
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(1 Mb) | Quick guide and try our quiz
On Thursday 13 July DFID launched its new White Paper on International
Development, 'eliminating world poverty: making governance work for the
poor'. It sets out what the UK Government will do to reduce world poverty over
the next five years.
The White Paper sets out DFID’s priorities and explains how we will work with the rest of UK Government, partner governments, international organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academics and the private sector to fulfil the promises made in 2005 to significantly reduce world poverty.
The White Paper’s main messages are:
- We will deliver the promises we made in 2005 by: increasing our development budget to 0.7% of gross national income by 2013; concentrating our resources on the poorest countries – particularly sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia – and working more in fragile states; making sure that wider UK policies support development; and doubling funding for science and technology.
- We will put governance at the centre of our work – focusing on building states that are capable, responsive and accountable to their citizens. We will use a new framework for assessing the quality of governance to do this and use the assessment to tailor our support appropriately to country circumstances. We will also step up our efforts dramatically to tackle corruption internationally, for example through a new anti-corruption unit and follow up to Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
- We will increase our effort to help people have security, incomes through growth and public services. We will commit 50% of all future bilateral aid to public services for poor people - social protection will be a major new area of work.
- We will work internationally to tackle climate change, by helping developing countries to participate in international negotiations on climate change and to integrate adaptation to climate change impacts into their development programmes.
- We will help create an international system fit for the 21st century, focusing on UN reform, a more effective and responsive World Bank, IMF and regional banks, and closer working relationships with EU Member States and the EC to ensure that EU aid is effective and that non-aid policies support development.
Read DFID’s White Paper launch press release.
See what people said during our
2006 consultation(159
kb).
Background
DFID ran its consultation process from January to April 2006 to prepare the ground for the new White Paper. Hilary Benn, our Secretary of State gave a series of six speeches on issues ranging from providing public services to corruption, and encouraged people to write in with their views on what international development should focus on for the next five years. There was a great response: over 600 MPs, organisations and people wrote in with their ideas. Since then DFID has been busy writing the White Paper amidst more consultation with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Whitehall and other partners.
We hope you enjoy reading it. We look forward to making it all happen over
the next five years.
For a hard copy of the new White Paper:
Order a copy from The Stationery Office (price £24, Cm 6876, ISBN 0-10-168762-1) at
www.tsoshop.co.uk or
0870 600 5522, or call the Parliamentary Hotline 0845 702 3474.
For a hard copy of our free booklet setting out basic principles of international development and introducing the White Paper, e-mail tellmemore@dfid.gov.uk with your details and you will be sent a copy. Alternatively call 0845 300 4100 (Public Enquiry Point).
Links
- White Paper 2000 - Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor
- White Paper 1997 - Eliminating World Poverty: A Challenge for the 21st Century
- International Development Act
- Millennium Development Goals
- DFID and the G8 Presidency 2005
- Year of Africa 2005