International Development - Seventh Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 May 2008.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

The 11^th Replenishment of the African Development Fund

A 'Bank for Africa'

Structure of this report

Evidence and acknowledgements

2  Supporting Africa's development and the MDGs

Infrastructure and regional integration
Securing pro-poor outcomes through consultation

Local procurement of goods and services

Agriculture

Governance and transparency

The Fragile States Facility

Transparency

Private sector development

Gender issues

Climate change

Debt

Lending to low-income countries

Partnerships with the World Bank, other donors and development partners in Africa

The World Bank

China

3  DFID's relationship with the AfDB

The AfDB's structure and administration
The Boards
The AfDB Board

The ADF Board

Decentralisation and staffing issues

Location

Monitoring and evaluation

Ensuring common objectives

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Untied aid

4  Conclusion

Recommendations

Annex: The Committee's Visit Programme, Tunis 2-3 April 2008

List of acronyms

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of unprinted evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament


Oral and written evidence - HC 441-II
19 March 2008
24 April 2008

Written Evidence

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Prepared 13 May 2008