International Development Committee - Fourteenth Report
Department for International Development Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2010-11 and Business Plan 2011-15

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 22 February 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

2  Expenditure plans

Expenditure 2006-07 to 2010-11

Future expenditure

Challenges in meeting the 0.7% target

3  Operating and administration costs

4  The Department's aid reviews and their impact

The Multilateral Aid Review

The Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR)

The Bilateral Aid Review

Managing the withdrawal of bilateral support

Managing risks of operating in fragile states

Recruitment of frontline staff

Lessons for future reviews of multilateral and bilateral aid

5  Technical Co-operation

The use of consultants to enhance the knowledge, skills and capability of people in recipient countries

The use of consultants to manage DFID service delivery programmes

Parliamentary strengthening programmes
Public accounts committees

The role of the UK MPs and the UK Parliament

6  Reporting performance

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Written Evidence

Additional (Unprinted) Written Evidence

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Prepared 9 March 2012