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Annual Report and Accounts 2013–14 Department for International Development Annual Report and Accounts 2013–14 HC 11 Department for International Development Annual Report and Accounts 2013–14 Annual Repor t presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 1 of the International Development (Repor ting and Transparency) Act 2006 Accounts presented to the House of Commons pursuant to Section 6(4) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 Accounts presented to the House of Lords by Command of Her Majesty Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 15 July 2014 HC 11 © Crown copyright 2014 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence v.2. To view this licence visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/open-government-licence/version/2/ or email [email protected] Where third par ty material has been identified, permission from the respective copyright holder must be sought. This publication is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at enquiry@dfid.gov.uk Print ISBN 9781474106634 Web ISBN 9781474106641 Printed in the UK by The Williams Lea Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ID SGD004702 06/14 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum Contents Headline results 4 Foreword by the Secretary of State 5 Lead Non-Executive Director’s introduction to the Annual Report 8 Chapter 1: DFID overview, priorities and expenditure 9 Chapter 2: DFID results 19 Chapter 3: Results in DFID priority countries and regions 55 Chapter 4: Delivering through multilateral organisations 90 Chapter 5: Effective development co-operation 117 Chapter 6: Accounts: Department for International Development 131 Chapter 7: Analysis of departmental expenditure 222 Annex A: DFID allocations by programme 233 Annex B: Annual reporting of statistical information 236 3 Headline results By 2013–14, DFID had achieved the following results:* Q provided 43.1 million people with access to clean water, better sanitation or improved hygiene conditions ■ suppor ted 10.2 million children – 4.9 million girls – to go to primary and lower secondary school Q ensured that 3.6 million bir ths took place safely with the help of nurses, midwives or doctors Q prevented 19.3 million children under 5 and pregnant women from going hungry Q reached 11.4 million people with emergency food assistance Q provided 54.4 million people, including 26.9 million women, with access to financial services to help them work their way out of pover ty Q reached 6.7 million people with cash transfers programmes Q helped 85.8 million people to hold their authorities to account and have a say in their community’s development In 2013, the multilateral organisations that DFID suppor ted: Q provided food assistance to 80.9 million people in 75 countries; of these 67.9 million were women and children (World Food Programme) Q immunised 48 million children against preventable diseases (GAVI Alliance) Q detected and treated 1.5 million cases of tuberculosis (The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria) Q gave 1.0 million new households a water supply (Asian Development Bank) Q provided 9.7 million people with new or improved electricity connections (African Development Bank) Q suppor ted over 4.5 million children in primary education, including 2.2 million girls (Global Par tnership for Education) Q enabled 11.5 million people to benefit from healthcare facilities (International Committee of the Red Cross) Q generated 6.5 million jobs and livelihoods in 113 countries, of which 58% were for women (United Nations Development Programme) *Towards its commitments for 2011–2015 as set out in the DFID Results Framework: www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-s-results-framework 4 Foreword by the Secretary of State This year we officially became the first G7 country to meet the UN target of spending 0.7% of gross national income on international development. By achieving this we are not only meeting a longstanding promise to the poorest people in the world, we are acting firmly in Britain’s national interest. The way we act in developing countries today is crucial to our long-term economic prospects and to our security. DFID is now developing its most coherent, focused and ambitious approach to inclusive economic development it has ever had. Alongside our work on providing core services such as health, education and sanitation, we are increasingly suppor ting sustainable growth to help end aid dependency through growth and jobs. This approach recognises that businesses are crucial to a country’s development and bring vital investment, taxes and innovation as well as jobs and economic oppor tunities for the communities where they operate. This smar ter approach to aid benefits Britain too by creating new markets for British businesses to invest in. UK expor ts to developing countries increased by $17 billion between 2008 and 2013 and Britain’s long term economic plan depends on us increasing our global expor ts. By driving growth and de-risking investment in emerging and frontier markets, we have an oppor tunity to do even more business with them. The countries we are giving development assistance to today are the trading par tners of tomorrow. British development money is helping to build up strong and investable business environments in developing countries by cutting red tape, breaking down barriers to trade and improving infrastructure. We recognise that small and medium enterprises are critical to creating more jobs and more prosperous economies. The UK is suppor ting a number of programmes that are helping entrepreneurs and small businesses get access to finance. DFID’s Impact Investment Fund made its first investment commitment of $15 million earlier this year into Novastar Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on developing and growing breakthrough businesses in east Africa. We are also expanding the range of instruments DFID deploys to share risk with investors and suppor t development. In November last year I took a high-level business delegation with me to Tanzania to explore oppor tunities for investment - the first time DFID has led such a delegation in Africa. I announced DFID would co-invest with commercial and not for profit par tners in 4 business projects, including new tea and rice estates, with clear development outcomes for Tanzanians. This means we will share some of the risk that would otherwise stop investment from taking place, and we will also share the reward if the venture is a success. I believe British businesses have a crucial role to play in the development effor t and DFID is increasingly par tnering up with key industries and professions. Last year I launched a new relationship between DFID and the London Stock Exchange to suppor t capital market development in sub-Saharan Africa. We are deploying some of the UK’s top accounting institutes to countries including Ethiopia, Zambia and Nigeria to help raise professional standards, improve financial repor ting and build investor confidence. We are also working more closely across government to ensure a coherent UK approach to economic development in new markets. Last year DFID, the Foreign Office and UK Trade and Investment launched new High Level Prosperity Par tnerships to strengthen the commercial links between the UK and 5 pilot countries: Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania. 5 Department for International Development: Annual Repor t and Accounts 2013–14 It is critical that we tackle the causes as well as the symptoms of pover ty. Sustainable economic growth and development require peace, the rule of law, an absence of corruption, the recognition of proper ty rights and institutions that ser ve all the people, not just a select few. This is what our Prime Minister calls the Golden Thread of Development: open societies and open economies that give people the space to live and be heard and companies the cer tainty to invest. DFID has a growing por tfolio of projects and programmes that work to strengthen the legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks in developing countries. We are helping countries to build their own tax base, so that when economic growth does happen they are well placed to then reap and reinvest the gains. The G8 land par tnerships, launched during the UK presidency last year, are helping to attract responsible investment through better assessment of the land related risks and how to mitigate them. No country can truly develop if it leaves half its population behind and improving the prospects of girls and women sits alongside economic development at the hear t of DFID’s strategy. Following the International Development Gender Equality Act passed in May this year, DFID has a statutory duty to ensure gender equality is a consideration across all of its work: UK development is helping women around the world have choices in their own lives, control over their future and a voice in their community. That includes education, financial services, contraception, land rights, security and access to justice. In November last year the UK hosted an international call to action on violence against girls and women in emergencies and gained an unprecedented global agreement on prioritising the needs of girls and women in our humanitarian responses. We will continue to step up this work. The UK will host the Girl Summit, a global summit on the 22 July to tackle 2 previously neglected issues: female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage. We will be bringing together governments, NGOs, charities, activists and businesses to galvanise international effor ts to end these abuses once and for all.
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