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OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: United Kingdom 2020

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The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts reviews of the individual development co‑operation efforts of DAC members once every five to six years. DAC peer reviews critically examine the overall performance of a given member, not just that of its development co‑operation agency, covering its policy, programmes and systems. They take an integrated, system‑wide perspective on the development co‑operation activities of the member under review and its approach to fragility, crisis and humanitarian assistance. The United Kingdom uses its global standing and convening power to promote an evidence-based approach to stability, inclusion and prosperity and continues to provide 0.7% of its national income as Official Development Assistance (ODA). The depth and breadth of its expertise, combined with flexible funding instruments and strong country presence, allow the United Kingdom to focus these ODA resources on developing country needs, while protecting its own longer-term national interests. Articulating a clear and comprehensive whole-of-government vision for its support to international development would allow the United Kingdom to reinforce its policy priorities and engage the public. Further measures to build effective partnerships and institutional capacity in developing countries would allow the United Kingdom to build ownership of development processes and contribute to lasting change.

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The United Kingdom’s fragility, crisis and humanitarian assistance

This chapter first reviews the United Kingdom’s efforts to engage in fragile, and conflict and crisis-affected contexts. It assesses the United Kingdom’s political directives and strategies for working in these contexts; the extent to which programmes are designed coherently to address key drivers of fragility, conflict and disaster risk, the needs of women and the most vulnerable; and whether systems, processes and people work together effectively in responding to crises. The second part of the chapter considers the United Kingdom’s efforts to fulfil the principles and best practices of humanitarian donorship. It looks at the political directives and strategies for humanitarian assistance, the effectiveness of the United Kingdom’s humanitarian programming, whether it targets the highest risk to life and livelihoods, and whether approaches and partnerships ensure high-quality assistance.

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