Department for International Development: Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12

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Author:

Department for International Development (DFID)

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £38.50

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In this annual report DFID details a year of substantial achievement against targets.

By 2011/12 DFID had achieved the following results through their Bilateral Programme:

• improved the land and property rights of 1.1 million people;

• supported 5.3 million children (2.5 million of them girls) to go to primary school;

• distributed 12.2 million bednets to protect people against malaria;

• supported 26 African countries to agree an Africa Free Trade Area;

• enabled 11.9 million people to work their way out of poverty by providing access to financial services;

• prevented 2.7 million children and pregnant women from going hungry;

• reached six million people with emergency food assistance;

• supported freer and fairer elections in five countries;

• improved hygiene conditions for 7.4 million people.

Results achieved through DFID's Multilateral Programme include:

• ensured 99.1 million people had enough food to eat (World Food Programme);

• immunised 37.3 million children against preventable diseases (The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation);

• detected and treated 900,000 cases of tuberculosis ((TB) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria);

• gave 7.3 million households clean water to drink with a new water supply (Asian Development Bank);

• equipped 6.6 million people with new electricity connections (over 2009-2011 period; African Development Bank).

Key reforms in the year include:

• launching the independent Commission for Aid Impact;

• piloting cash on delivery contracts and other forms of payment by results;

• reforming the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC), the development finance institution.

Extent	232 pages	ISBN	9780102976588
Size	A4	Price	£38.50
Format	Paperback	Published	25 Jun 2012
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