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Posted by: Ian Attfield, Education Adviser, Posted on: 16 August 2012 - Categories: Africa, Education

My two year secondment to the European Union (EU) Delegation in Zimbabwe has flown by and once more I am packing my bags, this time to drive up to Tanzania - to support the DFID education programme from Dar Es Salaam. …

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Ghana: a future without aid?

Posted by: Henry Donati, Programme Manager, Humanitarian Response Group, Posted on: 25 July 2012 - Categories: Ghana

If a week is a long time in politics, how long is 10 years in development? Back in 2010, Government and development partners agreed that Ghana should be aiming to no longer need aid by 2020. In the last few …

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Apple strudel in Lashkar Gah

Posted by: Christa, Local Government Team Leader, DFID Afghanistan, Posted on: 23 July 2012 - Categories: Afghanistan, Infrastructure, Other

I recently travelled to Helmand province in the south of Afghanistan to see for myself the activities DFID and others carry out there. I was most interested in seeing improvements in governance and basic service delivery. It was an exciting trip …

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The times they are a-transitioning

Posted by: Cleo Blackman, Programme Manager, DFID DRC, Posted on: 25 June 2012 - Categories: Afghanistan, Infrastructure

...to his concerns about continuing efforts to get girls into school and putting pressure on Kabul to ensure central government funding trickles through to the places it is most needed....

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A first glimpse of Western Asia

Posted by: Alex Jones, Posted on: 1 May 2012 - Categories: Afghanistan, Asia

Hi, I am Alex, and I have recently joined DFID to work as the regional statistics and results adviser for DFID's programmes in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Regional Asia programmes. I am based in London as part of the …

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Is it time we networked more?

Posted by: Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on: 21 September 2011 - Categories: Climate Change

Did you participate in Al Gore's Climate Reality Project last week?  I wasn't able to because I was working in Ethiopia (my next post will tell you why), so I’ve been reading up on responses from participants, some of whom have …

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