6th Report - DFID's Economic Development Strategy
- HC No.
- HC 941
- Published
- 17 Jul 2018
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 11 October 2018. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: International Development Committee
DFID's Economic Development Strategy inquiry
Closed
Opened 27 Mar 2018
Closed 27 Mar 2018
International Development Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Department for International Development’s Economic Development Strategy fails to focus sufficiently on reducing poverty to help the poorest and most marginalised, with the risk that an economic boost for UK trade could lead to developing countries becoming the ‘losers’. Read the report summary Read the report's conclusions and recommendations Read the full report: DFID's Economic Development Strategy Read the Government response: DFID's Economic Development Strategy
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 27 March 2018.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 6th Report - DFID's Economic Development Strategy on 17 July 2018.
The government's response
Published 11 October 2018.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.DFID agrees with the Committee's first, second and fourth conclusions quoted in the response and partially agrees with the third, on its comparative advantage.
- On wealth creation, DFID responds "Agree", saying its Strategy is "clear in its commitment to growth that spreads benefits right across society" and to supporting the poorest and most marginalised.
- The UK "has committed to double spend on helping developing countries improve tax collection by 2020", with a new tax programme recently launched in Ethiopia given as an example.
- On monitoring, DFID agrees and says it "is taking steps to better track progress and results across our economic development investments", citing new outcome indicators in its 2017/18 Annual Report and Accounts.
- On comparative advantage, DFID partially agrees, "acknowledges" that its strategic prioritisation "could be further strengthened", and says country teams use diagnostics to review interventions in light of the UK's comparative advantage.
Reports
All reportsEvidence
- 1 oral evidence sessionLatest 12 June 2018
Recent activity
- 8th Special Report - DFID’s Economic Development Strategy: Government response to the Committee’s Sixth Report11 October 2018, Report published
- 6th Report - DFID's Economic Development Strategy17 July 2018, Report published
- Oral evidence session12 June 2018, Oral evidence
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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| 12 Jun 2018 |
Oral evidence session
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