Examples of DFID successes

DFID's aid will increase to £7.9 billion by 2010/11. It is helping to lift about three million people out of poverty permanently every year. Our aid spending on Africa is set to more than double from £1.3 billion in 2004 to at least £2.6 billion by 2010. This means we will meet our all our commitments to increase aid to Africa that we made at in 2005. And we are also on track to meet our commitment to increase aid spending to 0.7 per cent of our national income by 2013.

We have also written off 100% of the debt owed to us by the world's most heavily indebted poor countries. We have made real progress on income poverty, health, education and leading the international community. Other examples of DFID successes include:

	Globally: The proportion of people in developing countries living in extreme poverty fell from 28% in 1990 to 22% now.  We estimate that each year, DFID helps to reduce permanently the number of people living in poverty by 3 million.		Uganda: Between 2003 and 2006, 1.4 million people have been lifted out of poverty in Uganda, building on earlier achievements. 31% of Ugandans now live below the poverty line compared to 39% in 2002/03 and 56% in 1992/93.
	Tanzania: Nine out of ten children are now enrolled in school, in 1999 it was less than six in ten. Our support to buy bednets to protect people from malaria is helping to save an estimated 20-40,000 lives a year.		Kenya: HIV/AIDS prevalence has fallen from over 11% to 5.9% over the past eight years. We have provided £43 million towards the fight against HIV/AIDS, including support to a national strategy for access to prevention, treatment and care.
	Mozambique: Between 2000 and 2005, poverty was reduced from 70% to 55% and the number of children in school has doubled, with the help of £274m UK aid.		Bangladesh: DFID action on maternal mortality includes a £100 million contribution to Bangladesh’s Health, Nutrition & Population Support Programme, in which maternal health is a key priority.
	Rwanda: Primary school enrolment is high at 92.5% and girls and boys enrol in equal numbers. DFID has contributed to the recruitment of 2,600 new primary teachers and the purchase of school materialsMore on Rwanda		Nepal: DFID is the leading donor to the national safe motherhood programme. And, the 2006 preliminary Demographic and Health Survey results show a 26% decline in under-5 mortality (to 65 per 1,000 live births).

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Income poverty

• In Vietnam, aid has contributed to a halving of poverty in 15 years. DFID is giving over £20 million a year to Vietnam. 
• In Bangladesh, over 1,300 people escape poverty every day. DFID aid to Bangladesh in 2004/05 will be £100 million.
• Rwanda has made huge progress since the genocide ten years ago. The country is at peace and the economy is growing at around 10% per year since 1995. The UK is Rwanda's second biggest bilateral development partner.
• In 2001, 23 countries in Africa had economic growth above 5%.

Education

• Enrolment in primary education increased from 596 to 648 million between 1990 and 2000. Since 1997, DFID has invested over £700 million in education and we expect to invest £1 billion for 2004-2008. 
• DFID has committed £100 million to Bangladesh's Education Programme that will provide 17 million children a year with primary education.
• In Zambia, primary school enrolment increased by 15% in 2004/05.
• We are leading efforts to get every child into primary education by 2015 – including recent announcement to provide £8.5bn for education over the next ten years, of which £150m will go over the next 2 year so the Fast Track Initiative. 

Health

• DFID-China is providing £27 million to ensure that 70% of TB patients are correctly diagnosed, and that 85% of those who are treated are cured. The project covers 16 provinces with a total population of 688 million. Through our urban health project, over 90,000 poor people have received financial assistance to enable them to access health care.
• In Pakistan, access to contraception has more than doubled from 12% to 28% from 1991 to 2001 and our support of £7.5 million for Contraceptive Social Marketing will help the Government of Pakistan reach their target of 45-50% by 2008. Over 271,000 people are covered by the programme.
• In Afghanistan, an extensive polio and immunization programme has saved an estimated 30,000 lives.
• DFID is financing over 20% (£100m) of the India National Polio Vaccination Campaign, which has confined this disease to a few pockets. Eliminating polio in India will be a big step towards worldwide eradication.

Leadership

• Led campaign to secure new multilateral debt cancellation agreement at Gleneagles, potentially worth $55bn.
• ‘Untied’ UK aid since April 2001 so it is not conditional on purchase of UK goods and services and 90% aid now spent in low income countries.
• Prioritised Africa in our development aid: nearly tripled programme so that now spending more than £1bn a year in Africa. Commission for Africa.
• Increased our efforts to resolve conflicts in Africa: including work to build peace in Sierra Leone, Angola, Southern Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Responding quickly to humanitarian disasters and is now the second largest giver of humanitarian aid. We are leading the process of humanitarian reform, including the setting up of the new emergency response fund.
• Played a key role in fight against AIDS, TB and malaria – including the commitment to spend £1.5bn 2005-2008 on AIDS and £360m to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in period 2002-08.
• Winning support for the International Finance Facility for Immunisation which aims to save 5m children lives over the next 10 years.
   
• What does DFID achieve?
• DFID's Departmental Report 2008