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  • DFID Research: Chronic Poverty Research Centre: ten years of war against poverty

    Chronic Poverty is a varied and complex phenomenon, but at its root is powerlessness. Poor people expend enormous energy in trying to do better for themselves and for their children

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  • DFID helps Uganda's most vulnerable people

    The UK government is supporting a new social protection programme in Uganda which will help to lift the country's most vulnerable people out of poverty.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MDG Summit outcomes: UK hails 'unprecedented' success

    Round-up of outcomes from the 2010 UN Millennium Goals Summit, which took place in New York from 20-22 September.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • International Development Minister attends Yemen meeting

    Ministers of the Friends of Yemen met in New York on the 24th of September to build on international coordination since January 2010.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nick Clegg addresses the UN General Assembly

    Speech by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's speech to the UN General Assembly

    Speech by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to the UN General Assembly about reaching the Millennium Development Goals.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Others must follow UK’s lead at summit

    Millions of lives across the world could be transformed by achieving the MDGs to tackle global poverty, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said today in New York.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Young people give their views on global poverty

    A group of young people determined to fight world poverty met Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and the Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell today, to give them their views ahead of a major interna…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK will fight hard to secure concrete commitment on MDGs

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg made his first major speech on international development today, explaining how the UK government will meet its commitments to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Making the case for UKaid

    Message from International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Coalition Ministers deliver MDG briefing

    Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell and Foreign Office Minister for Global and Economic issues, Henry Bellingham, brief senior diplomats from across the world on the Millen…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Real-life stories from the developing world

    The latest edition of Developments magazine is now available online.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Andrew Mitchell visits Ethiopia

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell saw for himself how british aid is changing lives when he spent Saturday night in a rural village in the Azernet Berbere district of Ethiopia.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Afghanistan Independence Day

    Statement from DFID’s Parliamentary Under Secretary for State Stephen O'Brien to mark the Independence Day of Afghanistan

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New look for DFID’s project information

    The project information section of DFID’s website is re-launched today with a new look and an improved search interface.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Funding opportunity for partner organisations

    DFID is inviting applications for a new round of Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) funding for the period from April 2011 to March 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Response to comments on international development

    This is a response to the public comments received on The Coalition: Our Programme for Government on international development. Thanks to all of you who commented.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation on new third sector fund

    A new fund that will benefit a range of small to large civil society organisations will be launched by DFID this year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Agreement on EU External Action Service

    A structure for the European External Action Service (EEAS) was agreed on Monday by William Hague and fellow EU Foreign Ministers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Clegg outlines vision for development

    A pledge to put women at the ‘front and centre’ of aid with a new emphasis on girls’ education and family planning is a key element of a new reform plan to achieve the Coalition Government’s objectives on international devel…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government