The Rt. Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, former Secretary of State for International Development recently wrote an article for The Daily Telegraph on the role of the Department for International Development.
Extending the legacy of Umubano in Rwanda
CFID are delighted to host a guest blog submitted by a project Umubano 2017 alumni Dr Suzanne Bartington. Working with colleagues at the University of Rwanda College of Science and Technology (UR-CST) Suzanne has been able to extend the legacy of the first Umubano visit in a professional capacity.
Guest Post: Making Lifechanging Investments Where They Matter Most: The World Bank’s International Development Association
CFID are delighted to host a guest blog submitted by Jakob Kopperud, the World Bank Special Representative to the UK & Ireland and head of the World Bank office in London. As we mark End Poverty Day on 17th October, we need to remember that we live in a world...
Guest blog: Political party Finance Regulations in 13 African countries
CFID are delighted to host a guest blog submitted by the International Department of the Conservative Party. This report is the result of a collaboration between the Conservative Party, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and the Research Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy (REPRESENT) at the Universities of...
Stephen Crabb MP & Sir Desmond Swayne MP: The next Prime Minister must uphold Britain’s commitment to overseas aid
Writing on Conservative Home on 12 June CFID members and Project Umubano alumni Stephen Crabb MP and Sir Desmond Swayne MP call for those in the Conservative Leadership contest to uphold our commitment to international development.
Baroness Liz Sugg “Britain will fight the global ‘rollback’ of women’s rights”
The Telegraph reported on Baroness Liz Sugg speech defending UKaid use to fight the global rollback of women's rights.
SPEECH: Baroness Liz Sugg “Her Potential, Our Future”
International Development Minister Baroness Sugg delivered a speech about UK aid’s commitment to women and girls’ rights at the Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver on 3 July 2019.
Andrew Mitchell MP “Ministers must be careful not to undermine the UK’s international leadership”
Writing to The Times on 11 June, former DFID Secretary of State defended the 0.7% target. He argues that Ministers must be careful that highly questionable spending does not undermine the UK’s international leadership as a development superpower.
Project Urafiki: EFTA supporting young entrepreneurs in Tanzania with inclusive finance.
Last summer CFID ran the inaugural Project Urafiki, in Tanzania. The successor to Project Umubano the Conservative international social action project. Twentyone volunteers, including three MP’s, Cllr’s, Candidates and grass root activists took part in three projects in five locations focusing on Education, Business and Health.
SPEECH: SoS Rory Stewart MP “Ebola is back…And we must do much more to grip the situation”
In an Oral statement to the House of Parliament yesterday, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart MP updated parliamentians on the Ebola Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and argues that we need to do much more to grip the situation.