The Department for International Development (DFID) is the British government department working to eliminate poverty and promote sustainable development.

The development policies of the current government were set out in the White Paper on International Development published in November 1997. Its central focus is a commitment to an internationally agreed target to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. Associated targets include ensuring basic health care provision and universal access to primary education by the same date.

The bulk of DFID's assistance is concentrated on the poorest countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

DFID aims to work in partnership with other governments committed to these targets, and with business and the private sector, civil society and the research community, supporting progress to reduce world poverty. It also works with multilateral institutions, including the World Bank, UN agencies and the European Commission.

DFID also offer grants to development education/ global citizenship education projects which seek to promote a global dimension in the curriculum and links with partners in Southern countries.

Links:
www.dfid.gov.uk

DFID supported site on global citizenship
www.globaldimension.org.uk