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Corridors for Growth

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

To increase Tanzania’s infrastructure for trade in three ways (i) Co-financing the Dar Port expansion together with the World Bank and Tanzania Port Authority will double port capacity and enable Tanzania’s entire trade volume to increase by two thirds. (ii) Project preparation funding for six more major regional transport projects are expected to catalyse up to £600m of development finance incorporating climate resilent design. (iii) Launching a new approach to Public-Private Partnerships will improve infrastructure in municipal areas and build capacity for larger PPP’s in the future.The programme is expected to reduce the costs of doing business in Tanzania, contributing to growth, more jobs and lower poverty. The short-term beneficiaries will be users such as traders, logistics providers and public citizens. International business including from the UK will benefit from better access to trade.In the medium to long run employment is expected to increase from indirect effects.

Programme Id GB-1-204369
Start date 2016-9-23
Status Implementation
Total budget £0

UK - Ghana Partnership for Jobs and Economic Transformation (JET)

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

To promote Ghana as an investment destination of choice in West Africa; to support investment into job-creating sectors, particularly through UK investment, partnering development partners including CDC; to support Global Britain objectives across HMG, on trade, prosperity, bilateral cooperation with China on investment issues; to support the UK Ghana Chamber to meet wider UK objectives around responsible development and trade.

Programme Id GB-1-205058
Start date 2018-5-9
Status Implementation
Total budget £15,347,672

The Global Innovation Lab - (Continuation of the Capital Markets Climate Initiative)

UK - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Global Innovation Lab (the Lab) is a public-private partnership that brings together experts from Governments, investors and civil society to discuss and help understand the barriers to investment. It works to identify, refine, and launch innovative financial instruments to attract private investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation at scale. It aims to drive billions of dollars of private investment into low-carbon, climate resilient economies.

Programme Id GB-GOV-13-ICF-0012-CMCI
Start date 2011-8-1
Status Implementation
Total budget £8,190,415

The Ethiopia Investment Advisory Facility (EIAF) Phase II Programme

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

The programme aim to provide flexible, demand-led technical assistance to Government of Ethiopia ministries, agencies and state-owned enterprises in order to enhance the effectiveness of public investments and improve the enabling environment for exporters. By providing technical expertise and capacity building in the areas of public investment management; industrial parks and their supporting infrastructure; and trade logistics, EIAF II aims to contribute to outward oriented, manufacturing led, sustainable and inclusive growth in Ethiopia.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-300588
Start date 2018-11-5
Status Implementation
Total budget £67,754,430

India –UK Economic Cooperation Programme (ODA)

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

This is a 3 year programme which will help India to implement its proposed economic reforms, climate and infrastructure development priorities, with a view to support its long-term growth objectives. It will provide expertise and support, primarily to Ministry of Finance, with some assistance expected to be provided to a small number of state governments and other Indian agencies. The programme will engage in areas where the UK is well-placed to make the greatest strategic impact: (i) private finance and reforms to the business environment; (ii) tax revenue mobilisation and public finance; and (iii) high quality, low carbon and resilient infrastructure. It will provide up to £1.5m ODA in technical cooperation in 2023/24, with funding allocations for the following two years to be confirmed, subject to a maximum of £4.5 million over 3 years.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-400047
Start date 2023-12-4
Status Implementation
Total budget £4,148,788

Africa Food Trade and Resilience programme

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

The programme will stimulate an increase in regional food trade in sub Saharan Africa (SSA), contributing to satisfying a growing food demand and to addressing food shortages through regional food production, processing and trade, and generating more rural jobs, climate resilience and income for farmers. The programme will: (i) work with companies that source, process, and trade food in the region, to maximise investment, coordination and benefits to smallholder farmers and (ii) contribute to improve the transparency and predictability of government policies to unlock regional food trade. By 2023, we expect the programme will increase income for 1.8 million farming families. DFID funding will de-risk and stimulate over £100 million in private sector investment aimed at enhancing smallholder farmers’ productivity and resilience.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-300489
Start date 2018-9-28
Status Implementation
Total budget £34,999,978

Sustainable Urban Economic Development Programme (SUED)

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

FCDO is supporting emerging urban centres in Kenya to put in place sustainable urban economic plans; improve the investment climate and draw in investment for key climate-resilient infrastructure and value chain projects. This will include integrating digital technologies to build ‘smart’ towns/cities that improve the quality and performance of urban services and enable a better quality of life.

Programme Id GB-1-204338
Start date 2016-12-21
Status Implementation
Total budget £0

ASEAN-UK Economic Integration Programme

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

The programme will leverage expertise in UK institutions to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states implement ASEAN initiatives that will reduce poverty in the region and in particular support women’s economic empowerment and small businesses. It aims to reduce barriers to development in ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the overall ASEAN Economic Community, to increase prosperity and provide the foundation for more inclusive economic development that benefits the poorest. The programme will support reforms covering regulatory reform, financial services, and trade through technical assistance, capacity building and knowledge-transfer partnerships. It will look to harness the potential of digitalisation in ASEAN.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-400046
Start date 2023-11-2
Status Implementation
Total budget £20,546,346

M4D - Mobile for Development Strategic Partnership

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

To work jointly with the industry group representing mobile phone operators worldwide, the GSMA, and its subsidiary Mobile for Development, to identify and support the development and use of new, innovative ways in which mobile phone technologies and mobile network infrastructure can be used to improve the reach, delivery and affordability of life-enhancing services to poor people in Africa and Asia. As a result of this work some 14 million poor people are expected to benefit from improved access to life enhancing services by 2020.

Programme Id GB-1-203804
Start date 2016-2-22
Status Implementation
Total budget £117,256,550

Private Enterprise Programme Zambia Phase II

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

To create investment in Zambia by building the capacity of micro, small and medium sized enterprises. The programme will aim to systematically transform the finance and investment environment for SMSEs in Zambia, by helping companies with potential to grow and become the engine of job creation in the economy. In addition, the programme will also provide independent technical advice and assistance to Zambian government bodies and private sector organisations engaged in projects that harness the potential of Zambia’s infrastructure, cities and towns to act as drivers for economic growth and job creation. Furthermore, the programme will support trade facilitation initiatives that will help reduce time spent at the Nakonde boarder post. The programme will create jobs at scale, including for women, disabled, and rural communities with high levels of poverty. SMSEs supported by the programme will help to improve nutrition outcomes and improve climate resilience of smallholder farmers.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-300635
Start date 2020-4-7
Status Implementation
Total budget £86,426,126

HiFi - Harnessing Innovation for Financial Inclusion

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

To provide access to poor people to a broad range of financial services such as payments, savings, loans, and insurance by continuing to support piloting new ideas and approaches, and to support technical assistance regulators and commercial players for enhancing industry knowledge and practice about business models, pricing and design of financial products. Access to these services enables consumers to acquire productive assets, invest in health and education and make other purchases that enrich their lives.

Programme Id GB-1-203808
Start date 2014-9-19
Status Implementation
Total budget £49,135,339

The Growth Gateway programme

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

To establish a coordinated and improved service to businesses exporting to, importing from and investing in developing markets and businesses from developing markets to access UK Government trade, investment and finance services that increases trade and investment to developing markets. The programme will prioritise for support businesses who through their operations and products can deliver positive environmental and development impact, and support for businesses and governments will include promoting climate sensitive approaches and international standards on environmental practice, and identifying and supporting opportunities for climate smart investment.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-300812
Start date 2019-8-30
Status Implementation
Total budget £49,294,234

UK-India Global Innovation Programme

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

This programme will accelerate delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia and Africa by supporting transfer of inclusive Indian innovations, benefitting poor people, with a special focus on women and the disabled. The new programme will operate in specific countries in Africa - Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and South Asia - Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Afghanistan. It will increase agricultural productivity and food security; address pressing health needs; provide potable water; clean energy; and technology for financial services; by prioritising these sectors. It will do this by deploying a more ambitious and comprehensive range of financial instruments compared to our existing programme, including investment and lending, to fund the development, transfer and scale up of innovations by Indian public, private sector and civil society organisations.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-300814
Start date 2022-2-23
Status Implementation
Total budget £22,789,985

GFP - Global Finance Programme

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

Leverages the UK’s unique position as the world’s leading financial centre to increase access to finance for firms and individuals where beneficiaries are in developing countries, promoting shared prosperity through inclusive economic growth overseas, and the development of new markets in developing countries.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-300452
Start date 2018-4-4
Status Implementation
Total budget £122,951,962

Jordan Investment & Economic Reform Advisory Programme

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

Technical support to enable the Government of Jordan to conduct reforms designed to stimulate equitable economic growth, increase jobs and investment and reduce poverty.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-300451
Start date 2019-3-7
Status Implementation
Total budget £16,618,754

Kenya Catalytic Jobs Fund

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

The Kenya Catalytic Jobs Fund will test innovations that have the potential for large-scale job creation, unlocking barriers in key productive sectors and/or generating employment for those that are most vulnerable e.g. youth living with disability. The programme will focus particularly on youth and through a flexible fund, it will provide a mix of technical assistance and grant support to innovations with the aim to generatre evidence on what works and what doesn't in creating jobs.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-300557
Start date 2018-10-30
Status Implementation
Total budget £4,999,998

Improving the management of public funds for the benefit of people in Myanmar

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

To improve the use of public finances so that they benefit the people of Myanmar. The expected results include contributing to increasing tax collection from large tax payers by 40% by 2020. The UK will fund a World Bank led programme to work with the Ministry of Planning and Finance to improve their ability to manage public funds and the capacity of parliament to provide oversight of public spending. The programme will also separately support tax administration, fiscal decentralisation, social accountability, and Myanmar’s involvement in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

Programme Id GB-1-203996
Start date 2014-3-4
Status Implementation
Total budget £31,499,976

Tonga: International Programmes Support

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

Support for Tonga's capacity building, human rights, democracy, health and welfare and climate objectives. These objectives support the poverty alleviation aims of ODA and our Country Business Plan Goals.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-400477
Start date 2024-11-11
Status Implementation
Total budget £45,000

Climate Smart Jobs Programme

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

To strengthen the climate smart agribusinesses, creating jobs, support climate smart land management & services and to remove barriers that stop businesses getting deals.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-301015
Start date 2021-9-27
Status Implementation
Total budget £38,110,155

Strengthening Africa's Science Granting Councils Phase II

UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)

The programme will deepen ongoing work with the African Science granting Councils in the same thematic areas as those covered by the first phase of SGCI research management; monitoring learning and evaluation; knowledge transfer to the private sector; and enhanced networks and partnerships amongst councils and with other science system actors. It will extend focus into two new cross cutting dimensions; research excellence and gender equality and inclusivity. It will strengthen national Science Technology and Innovation systems and contribute to socio economic development in sub Saharan Africa by enhancing more effective and inclusive management of research and innovation by Councils in sub Saharan Africa.

Programme Id GB-GOV-1-301049
Start date 2022-2-28
Status Implementation
Total budget £11,397,617

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