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DFID Development Committee


The purpose of the Committee is to ensure that DFID's policies and programmes will deliver strategic priorities set by the Management Board, including PSA outcomes.

Minutes of the Development Committee Meetings

2007

Date/Minutes

Discussion

Papers

13 November

Policy Priorities

 

Agriculture Policy – Review

Water Policy Paper

Human Rights Policy Statement

12 November

New Country Planning Process

 

16 October

Security and Development Progress Report

 

11 September

Growth: A Step Change in DFID Engagement?

 

18 July

Social transfers review of implementation

25 May

Updated Medium - Term Action Plan on Aid Effectiveness (MTAP)

 

3 May

Health Target Strategy

Forward Policy Priorities

Growth And Infrastructure

Private Sector Development Policy

Concept Note

3 April

Conditionality - review of implementation (restricted session)

Annex - Demos Speech

DC report to Management Board

Country Assistance Plans (CAP) - revised guidance

Governance, Development and Democratic Politics

13 February

UN Reform

2006

Date/Minutes

Discussion

Papers

11 July

10 year commitments and country-led approaches

 

13 June

Update on the revised Action Plan on Aid Effectiveness

 

23 May

How to provide Technical Cooperation personnel

How To Note on Technical Cooperation PersonnelAdobe PDF document(214 kb)

18 April

   

6 April

   

14 February

   

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2005

Date/Minutes

Discussion

Papers

November

Disasters risks reduction strategy

 

18 October

1. Scaling up

 

2. Evaluation Department work plan

 

3. Environment approaches paper

 

4. Asia 2015

 

28 September

1. Policy priorities

 

2. The DFID medium term action plan on aid effectiveness

Medium term action planPDF document(91 kb)

Annex II - Summary of DFID’s performance against Paris IndicatorsPDF document(32 kb)

Annex III - SelectivityPDF document(27 kb)

19 July

1. Social transfers policy papers

Social transfersPDF document(229 kb)

2. Technical cooperation policy concept note

 

3. Improving aid allocation

 

Submission Aid AllocationPDF document(26 kb)

1 July

1. Policy coherence

 

2. PD support to implementation

 

14 June

1. Agriculture Policy Paper

 

2. Post- Primary Education Briefing note

Post-Primary Education briefingPDF document(150 kb)

17 May

1. South Africa Regional Plan - Sue Wardell, DFIDSA Pretoria

 

2.International System Reforms/Innovative Finance Plan - Rachel Turner, Andrew Rogerson, International Division

 

3. Faith and Development - Mike Battcock, Civil Society and Communications Unit

 

4. Development of a DFID Science and Innovation Strategy (concept note) - Prof Gordon Conway, Chief Scientific Adviser

 

26 April

1. A DFID-wide approach to getting the best out of multilateral partners

A DFID-wide approach to getting the best out of multilateralsPDF document(54 kb)

2. How to reduce poverty by tackling Social Exclusion

Reducing poverty by tackling social exclusion - policy paperPDF document(153 kb)

9 March

1. DFID's Policy Coherence Review

 
 

2. DFID action plan - Moving forward with Country lead approaches to poverty reduction.

 

18 January

Realigning DFID's Gender Policy and Practice

 

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2004

Date/Minutes

Discussion

Papers

07 December

1. The future of the bilateral programme in Asia
2. Regional approaches - EMAD experience

 

19 October

Increasing the impact of DFID's work on Trade: Draft Strategy Paper 2005 - 2007

 

23 September  

1. Development Effectiveness in Fragile State, including discussions of CRI work, Michael Anderson.
2. Harmonisation Action Plan, Sam Sharpe

 

13 July  

1. Conditionality Policy (John Burton)
2. Review of CAP Guidance (Gail Marzetti)

 

18 May  

1. To seek recation to the draft UK Government Strategy on HIV/AIDS, to be launched July.
2. Preparations for the 2005 Global Assessment of progress towards the MDGs

 

20 April

1. China as a lower middle income country: options for our engagement.
2. DFID's policy response to the 2005 global assessment of progress towards the MDGs

 

16 March

DFID's partnership with the UN and new UNDP institutional strategy, key themes

 

17 February

1. New World Bank institutional strategy
2. DFID's strategy for engagement with middle income countries.

 

20 January

Post-conflict reconstruction

 

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2003

Date/Minutes

Discussion

Papers

16 December

Middle income strategy paper
Draft Policy Note on Direct Budget Support
General Budget Support and Political Governance: A Guidance note

 

29 October

Chief Advisers and Heads of Profession Paper on the Regional Director's Delivery Plans.
Evaluation Department's Programme of Study

 

23 September

Evaluation of the Conflict Prevention Pools (CPPs): Briefing on Progress
India Country Assistance Plan 2003-2008
Development Committee Draft Forwards Agenda

 

15 July

Towards the Research Strategy
Vietnam Model

 

24 June

New Vision for the International Development Architecture
Aid Effectiveness Team TORs and Forward Work Programmes

 

15 April

DFID's partnership with the UN and new UNDP institutional strategy, key themes

 

27 March

Draft Annual report and forward Agenda
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

 

27 February

The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Approach: UK views on progress to-date and some challenges for DFID

 

23 January

Evaluation of DFID Support to Poverty Reduction

 

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2002

Date/Minutes

Discussion

Papers

9 December  

Directors Delivery Plans: Africa, Asia and EMAD

 

21 November

Centre should support country teams with guidance on best practice, training and help with identifying specialist technical advice

 

26 September

Blending influencing activities in DFID

 

10 September  

Draft guidance for country offices preparing Partnership Framework Arrangements (PFAs)

 

22 August  

The use of strategies in DFID: A discussion note

 

25 July  

DFID statement of Policy evaluation. Programme of Evaluations

 

20 June  

Development Effectiveness Report 2001. Measuring, monitoring and evaluating health system performance to achieve pro-poor health outcomes

 

23 May  

Understanding the incentives and capacity for poverty reduction - paper by Sue Unsworth. Development Committee draft Forward Agenda. Proposals for the Think1 Programme of Studies

 

18 April  

Evaluation of DFIDs Sustainable Agriculture Strategy. Review of Information on Spending and Committee by Purpose

 

11 April  

Country Performance Management

 

21 March  

Climate Change and Development Countries. Role of the Development Committee

 

7 March  

WHO ISP and Making Connections: Infrastructure for Poverty Reduction

 

26 February  

How should we respond to PRSPs?

 

24 January  

Working with the EC: The case of the Balkans

 

10 January  

UNHCRISP

 

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2001

Date/Minutes

Discussion

Papers

18 December

Resource Allocation Round: Divisional Overviews

 

13 December

DFIDSA APPR/Regional Strategy & UN ISP Action Plan: Review

 

29 November

Vietnam and Rwanda APPRs

 

22 November

Inter-American Development Bank ISP

 

18 October

Russia HIV/AIDS Programme: Programme Concept Note and Development Committee role in Resource Allocation Round

 

20 September

Funding of global public goods in Health: The Global Fund (GHF); Polio eradication; Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI)

 

12 September

Direct budget support

 

26 July  

Nigeria: Partnership in Transforming Health Services and Sierra Leone: Programme Aiding and Committee by Purpose

 

12 July

Technical assistance for standards and codes facility

 

28 June  

Quality assurance group and Zambia - Health Sector Programme

 

21 June

Tanzania - APPR and Budget Support

 

7 June

Nigeria - Access to Justice

 

5 June  

Budgetary Support

 

Last Updated 22 October 2007