Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Acknowledged
Cutting funding mid-programme and awarding short-term contracts may help the Government to stay within its...
Conclusion
Cutting funding mid-programme and awarding short-term contracts may help the Government to stay within its 0.5% GNI target, but it risks undermining previous investments and undoing hard-won progress. The most effective programmes should be scaled up and allocated long-term funding. (Paragraph 80) Extreme poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals 55
Government Response Summary
The government stated that there are no quick fixes to development challenges. They invest in research and evidence, including through a 'best buys' approach and monitors the performance of its programmes. FCDO programmes tend to be multi-year in nature and funding.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
There are no quick fixes to development challenges and shared global issues. We work with a long-term focus, with international development partnerships that are founded not just on aid but on sharing evidence, and a genuine desire to work together with partner countries to help them on the pathway to sustainable and equitable growth. The FCDO invests in research and evidence, including through our ‘best buys’ approach (as outlined in our response to Recommendation 14 below) and monitors and evaluates the performance of its programmes in order to ensure we, are our partners, identify the most effective programmes. We work closely with our partners—whether multilateral organisations, partner governments, the private sector, or others—to scale up effective responses through sustainable sources of finance. FCDO programmes tend to be multi-year in nature and funding.