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In 2019, our predecessor Committee concluded that DFID-funded programmes: • ran for two to three years on average instead of the seven to ten years which NGOs preferred; • were terminated instead of being scaled up on a regular basis even if they were successful; and • were often accompanied by high-cost, short-term consultants.47 45 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (CDC0016) 46 Q107 [Lord Zac Goldsmith] 47 International Development Committee, UK aid for combating climate change (HC 1432), Paragraphs 77–88, 8 May 2019 14 Global Britain in demand: UK climate action and international development around COP26