DFID Support to Gambia

Freedom of Information Act 2000, request no. F2008-099

Date of release: 27 May 2008

Details of the financial support and schedule of projects provided for the Gambia by the UK Government for the last three financial years.

The figures for spend on DFID bilateral development assistance to the Gambia in the last three years are:

2005/06 - £1.144 million
2006/07 - £2.479 million
2007/08 - £2.00 million approximately (final figures not yet released)

Projects funded by DFID in the Gambia are as follows

Current DFID Projects in the Gambia	Start Date	Commitment £ million
Support to Pro-poor advocacy group (PROPAG)	26–AUG-03	0.565
The Gambia: Debt.	01-MAY-04	0.145
Legal Capacity Building Programme	24-MAY-04	2.650
Basic Education Support for Poverty Reduction (BESPOR)	01-MAR-05	3.500
Foreign Private Capital CBP, Phase II.	26-OCT-05	0.250
Financial Governance Programme.	20-MAR-06	1.807
Support to Gambia Elections	21-JUL-06	0.300
Concern Universal: Empowering Civil Society Organisations	10-OCT-06	0.553
Civil service reform and capacity assessment	01-JUL-07	0.045

You can find more information about DFID’s programme in the Gambia on our website.