Independent Commission for Aid Impact work investigated

The Committee will question Mr Ward and Mr Lowcock about ICAI’s recent studies into the value-for-money of DFID programmes in developing countries. ICAI published the following studies in March:

• Programme Controls and Assurance in Afghanistan
• The Effectivness of DFID’s Engagement with the World Bank
• Girl Hub: a DFID and Nike Foundation initiative

Prior to the evidence session, ICAI will publish a further four reports, on:

•  DFID’s Electoral Support through the UN Development Programme (published 25 April)
• DFID’s Education Programmes in Three East African Countries 2005-2015 (published mid-May)
• The Management of UK  Budget Support Operations (mid-May)
•  DFID’s Support for Health and Education in India (mid-May)

The Committee welcomes comments by organisations and individuals on ICAI’s studies, DFID’s management responses to those studies, or the operation of ICAI in general. The deadline for submissions is Monday 11 June.

ICAI’s published studies, and DFID’s management responses, are available on ICAI’s website: http://icai.independent.gov.uk/publications/icai-reports/

Written evidence submitted should:
Be no longer that 3000 words in length

• Have numbered paragraphs
• Avoid the use of colour or expensive-to-print material
• Be provided electronically in MS Word or Rich Text format (No PDFs) by e-mail to indcom@parliament.uk.  If submitted by e-mail or e-mail attachment, a letter should also be sent validating the e-mail. The letterhead should contain your full postal address and contact details

Submissions can also be sent by post to International Development Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA.

View guidance on giving evidence to Select Committees.

Please also note that:

• Material already published elsewhere should not form the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within written evidence, in which case a hard copy of the published work should be included. If a number of published documents are sent to accompany written evidence, these should be listed in the covering email.
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