On 23 May 2018 the Department for International Development (DFID) published its updated single departmental plan, which sets out DFID’s objectives and how it will achieve them. The overarching objectives are to: - strengthen global peace, security and governance
- strengthen resilience and response to crisis
- promote global prosperity
- tackle extreme poverty and help the world’s most vulnerable
- deliver value for money and efficiency
These largely mirror objectives set out for the previous Parliament (2015–2017) – although value for money and efficiency has now been added as a fifth objective, as opposed to being presented as the context in which all DFID’s work will be delivered. In this new plan, each objective has a lead Minister and official, as well as examples of how DFID has performed. The plan – which is part of a broader UK government update of departmental plans – also tells us that DFID has 3,309 members of staff, employed in the UK and locally in the countries where they operate. Here ODI experts share their perspectives on the DFID plan. |
