Pakistan - a personal perspective
In the UK, Pakistan is regularly in the news, and most of it is bad. So you may find it hard to believe that anyone would work here by choice. But I do - and I really enjoy it! Pakistan …
Asia
We work around Asia to increase access to basic services, help after humanitarian emergencies and empower girls and women, ultimately helping people lift themselves out of poverty. In these blogs country teams discuss their work and progress towards these and other goals.
What do a tailor and a budget have in common? Impressions from a trip to Herat
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Christa, Local Government Team Leader, DFID Afghanistan, Posted on:
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Afghanistan
I recently travelled to Herat, a beautiful city in the west of the country, with my economist colleague Kevin. Kevin has kindly agreed to write a guest blog about our trip: As someone returning to Afghanistan, I have found progress …
Exploring new horizons in Bamyan and Uruzgan
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Christa, Local Government Team Leader, DFID Afghanistan, Posted on:
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Afghanistan, Governance
As I mentioned in my last blog post, I recently travelled to Bamyan and Uruzgan to see whether Strengthening Provincial Administration and Delivery (SPAD) – a UK/Denmark funded programme - can make a difference there. Bamyan is a province in …
Challenges and opportunities: International Women's Day in Afghanistan
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Cleo Blackman, Programme Manager, DFID DRC, Posted on:
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Afghanistan, Girls & Women
Around International Women’s Day recently, the PRT here had a number of female-focussed visits, including Baroness Warsi and the NATO Secretary General’s wife. Earlier in the same week, Justine Greening, the DFID Secretary of State gave a speech on the importance of tackling …
Touching people’s lives - with SPAD…
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Christa, Local Government Team Leader, DFID Afghanistan, Posted on:
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Afghanistan, Infrastructure
Local governance in Afghanistan is full of acronyms – PDP, DCC, DDA, PGO to name just a few – and SPAD is the latest addition. Admittedly, UK civil servants when they hear "SPAD" will not think of a programme that …
Gangnam Style influencing
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Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on:
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Asia, Climate Change
The world is definitely changing. The song "Gangnam Style", made in Korea and sung in Korean, has gone to number 1 in the UK, number 2 in the US, and has broken the record for being the "most viewed" video …
Looking for evidence in Central Asia
It takes imagination to picture what ancient Panjakent once looked like. While it might now be little more than a sprawl of ruins in western Tajikistan, the city was once a thriving trading point along the Silk Route. Like famous …
Afghanistan: Back to the future
I have now left Afghanistan after nearly 21 months there. Just over a year ago, I spent four days in Bamyan province considering a new agriculture programme supported by UK and New Zealand aid. One year later I accompanied our Ambassador on his …
A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive
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Christa, Local Government Team Leader, DFID Afghanistan, Posted on:
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Afghanistan
Tourism was not the first thing I expected to do while living in Kabul, but I recently discovered that there are some impressive sights to visit, including the treasures at the National Museum of Afghanistan. The museum was built in …
The game’s the thing
I'm a keen cricket fan, so recently I travelled to Colombo, Sri Lanka to cheer on Afghanistan in the World 2020 Cup competition. I was able to wear my own Afghan cricket shirt as a few months ago the Afghan …
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