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| CATEGORIES ABOUT DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | |
| departments of the united kingdom government | |
| international development | |
| foreign relations of the united kingdom | |
| international development agencies | |
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MINISTERS The Department is headed by Cabinet Minister and Secretary Of State For International Development Hilary Benn . The only other Minister is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary Of State , Gareth Thomas . PERMANENT SECRETARY The current Permanent Secretary (since 2002 ) at DFID is Suma Chakrabarti . MISSION The main piece of legislation governing DFID's work is the International Development Act , which came into force on 17 June 2002, replacing the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act (1980). The Act makes Poverty Reduction the focus of DFID's work, and effectively outlaws Tied Aid . [http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/ida.asp] As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, DFID works to support the United Nations ’ eight ‘ Millennium Development Goals ’, namely to:
- all with a 2015 deadline. DFID PROGRAMMES Imfundo Partnership for IT in Education EXTERNAL LINKS |
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