The UK government believes it is in all our interests to help poor people build a better life for themselves. So in 1997 it created a separate government department - the Department for International Development (DFID) - to manage Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty.
We work in 150 countries and have 2,600 staff, half of whom work abroad.
We are working to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), international targets agreed by the United Nations (UN) to halve world poverty by 2015.
We work with governments of developing countries, charities, businesses and international bodies, including the World Bank, the UN agencies and the European Commission. All our partners share our ambition to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
In 2007/08 we spent £5.3 billion on aid to poorer countries and our budget will increase to £7.9 billion by 2010/11, rising by an average of 11% a year at today’s prices. Going forward to 2013, the government has pledged to increase our aid to the equivalent of 0.7% of the UK’s gross national income, from 0.36% in 2007/08.
Our values set out how we mean to live up to our strategic aim of halving world poverty by 2015. Over the next three years, we expect to have a more flexible and influential workforce in a more challenging yet supportive sphere of work.
Our values include:
• ambition and determination to eliminate poverty
• diversity and the need to balance work and private life
• ability to work effectively with others
• desire to listen, learn and be creative
• professionalism and knowledge.
We work in 150 countries and have 2,600 staff, half of whom work abroad.
We are working to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), international targets agreed by the United Nations (UN) to halve world poverty by 2015.
We work with governments of developing countries, charities, businesses and international bodies, including the World Bank, the UN agencies and the European Commission. All our partners share our ambition to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
In 2007/08 we spent £5.3 billion on aid to poorer countries and our budget will increase to £7.9 billion by 2010/11, rising by an average of 11% a year at today’s prices. Going forward to 2013, the government has pledged to increase our aid to the equivalent of 0.7% of the UK’s gross national income, from 0.36% in 2007/08.
Our values
Our values set out how we mean to live up to our strategic aim of halving world poverty by 2015. Over the next three years, we expect to have a more flexible and influential workforce in a more challenging yet supportive sphere of work.
Our values include:
• ambition and determination to eliminate poverty
• diversity and the need to balance work and private life
• ability to work effectively with others
• desire to listen, learn and be creative
• professionalism and knowledge.
