House of Commons - Private Foundations - International Development Committee

International Development Committee - Thirteenth Report
Private Foundations

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 11 January 2012.

Contents

The structure of this report

2 The contribution of foundations to development

Innovation and risk-taking

Contributing to policy development

Venture philanthropy

High profile advocates

3 Concerns about foundations

Single-issue interventions

The education sector: left behind by foundations?

Accountability

Transparency

Improving transparency

4 DFID's relationship with foundations

How DFID works with foundations

The Gates Foundation

Smaller foundations

DFID's funding relationship with foundations

Working with foundations based in developing countries

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and written evidence

Tuesday 25 October 2011: Dr Noshua Watson, Research Fellow, Globalisation Team, Institute of Development Studies, Sarah Lock, Africa Programme Head, Nuffield Foundation, and David McNair, Principal Economic Justice Adviser, Christian Aid Sir Ian Wood, Chairman, the Wood Family Trust, and Peter McDermott, Managing Director, Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Tuesday 8 November 2011: Jeff Raikes, Chief Executive, and Laurie Lee, Deputy Director, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State for International Development, Ian Curtis, Deputy Director, Global Partnerships and Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence, Department for International Development

Written Evidence

Additional Written Evidence (unprinted)