8th Special Report - DFID’s Economic Development Strategy: Government response to the Committee’s Sixth Report

This is 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.

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