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- www.guardian.co.ukGhana is one of Africa's great successes – a stable and thriving country that is testament to the impact of aid.
- www.dfid.gov.ukInternational Development Minister Stephen O'Brien MP will speak at a Parliamentary event this afternoon to mark the 2012 International Day Against Female Genital Cutting.
- DFID, the Department for International Development, is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain’s aid to poor countries. Our work is focused on achieving the Millennium Development Goals - the United Nations targets for fighting poverty that must be met by 2015. We work with charities, international organisations and the governments of poor countries to find lasting solutions to the global problem of poverty.Page: 14,306 like this.
- www.dfid.gov.ukFollowing a request to see British aid in action, DFID Burma took her to see a project we are funding to help change the lives of more than 5,000 families in the country.
- www.unwomen.orgTo coincide with the one year anniversary of UN Women, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the first Under-Secretary- General and Executive Director of the organization will speak at a press conference on Thursday 2nd February at UN Headquarters in New York.
- blogs.dfid.gov.ukWe spent the first 11 days of our trip to Bangladesh in the capital city of Dhaka which, though dusty and busy, is full of wonderful bright colours. After a day of rest at the guesthouse and a long journey in a hectic traffic jam (they really are as severe as everyone had warned), we eventually made...
- www.dfid.gov.ukMore must be done to tackle the underlying causes of instability in Somalia if years of devastating decline are to be reversed, Andrew Mitchell warned today on a visit to two separate parts of the country: Gedo and Puntland.
- www.dfid.gov.ukToday in London, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E governments, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organisations announced a new, coordinated push to accelerate progress toward eliminating or controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases (N...
- www.fco.gov.ukPrime Minister David Cameron and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at Chequers, where they signed an Enduring Strategic Partnership between the UK and Afghanistan.
- blogs.dfid.gov.ukThe UK's Foresight programme is intended to help government think systematically about the future. It helps to improve how we use science and technology within government and society. It does this by drawing on well-tested, scientifically valid techniques to inform those responsible for developing p...
- www.dfid.gov.ukBritain will spearhead a new drive to bring major private investment to help tackle the global threat of climate change and help boost economic growth, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Through two new commercial funds, the Clim...
