Aid by Sector
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.
Corridors for Growth
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme supports the development of efficient, resilient, and inclusive transport infrastructure in Tanzania, focusing on the central trade corridor. Activities include upgrading the Port of Dar es Salaam, strengthening public-private partnership capacity, and embedding safeguarding standards for vulnerable transport users. The project promotes economic growth, trade, and welfare, aligning with ODA’s core objective of supporting sustainable development in a partner country.
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.
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.
Triggering Investment, Growth & Economic Resilience (TIGER)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
TIGER will allow the UK to support the recovery of Ukraine’s economy in a way that reduces its reliance on external financing, provides a conducive environment for refugees to return, and accelerates convergence with future markets. It will achieve this through five flexible components that can adjust to a deterioration of the situation on the ground and are designed to increase access to finance for Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises, and attract investment through new financial vehicles. It will support economic reforms, progress durable solutions in collaboration with the humanitarian response and establish private sector partnerships to tackle growing labour market constraints through increasing the economic participation of women, persons with disabilities, displaced populations, veterans and other marginalised groups.
Productivity for Prosperity (P4P)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Productivity for Prosperity is a sustainable economic transformation programme that will increase labour productivity and climate-resilience in Tanzania’s job-creating sectors. It will achieve this through private sector development (investment facilitation, trade facilitation and building capabilities of firms) and business environment reform (supporting proportionate and predictable regulation). P4P will dovetail with the UK’s external engagement and influencing activities in Tanzania. P4P will initially prioritise the agroprocessing and horticulture sectors, and will provide flexible support to bolster the UK’s current and future prosperity objectives.
Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade Programme - ReMIT
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme, through provision of high quality technical assistance, aims to support Pakistan to implement reforms that lock in macroeconomic stability and improve conditions for high and sustained growth, mutual prosperity, job creation and poverty reduction. The TA will be provided to; • Strengthen tax revenue mobilisation, helping to raise Pakistan’s tax to GDP ratio from 13 percent to 18 percent by increasing the number of tax payers; • Address the investment environment challenges faced by local and UK businesses, moving Pakistan towards being one of the top 50 countries to do business in; • Facilitate trade and drive competitiveness, addressing barriers to trade in order to reduce Pakistan's trade deficit; • Modernise macroeconomic policy making and implementation process.
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support provincial economic development and sustainable energy in Pakistan. The programme objective is to address two binding constraints to economic and urban development in Pakistan: weak planning; and energy. The programme aims • To support Pakistan's poorest province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to plan and finance the infrastructure and investment it needs for growth, jobs and prosperity. • To address Pakistan’s energy crisis by providing innovative financial solutions to industry for the adoption of sustainable energy practices. The programme will also contribute to Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office International Climate Fund (ICF) obligations.
Transformative Economic Policy Programme - Bangladesh (TEPP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve economic policymaking in Bangladesh through technical assistance to government, strengthening expertise of local think tanks and publishing economic data.
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.
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.
Science & Technology Accelerator - Systems
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will transform fragmented science and technology (S&T) ecosystems across Africa and Asia through strategic investment in locally led research, institutional capacity building, and evidence-based policymaking. Through country-level programming, working through local partners and equitable partnerships, it will generate context-specific knowledge, build capability at individual, institutional, and government levels, and scale innovative research to tackle development challenges. Co-designed with regional stakeholders and leveraging UK expertise, the programme aligns development with diplomatic priorities in FCDO priority countries to advance UK foreign policy through S&T. By addressing systemic gaps and catalysing significant co-investment to amplify impact, SS4ST positions the UK as a trusted partner in shaping science-driven development in the Global South - fostering inclusive growth, reducing aid dependency, and creating foundations for mutual prosperity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yemen Economic Stabilisation Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
he Yemen Economic Stabilisation (YES) Programme strengthens the Government of Yemen’s (GoY) capability to deliver essential, inclusive services by addressing core drivers of economic instability through targeted, politically informed technical assistance. Through a politically oriented and conflict sensitive approach, YES supports reforms in public financial management, monetary stability, electricity sector, and the financial sector, while creating conditions for private-sector investment and job creation. By stabilising essential GoY economic governance, the programme over time enhances the government’s credibility and legitimacy, maintaining a pathway to a political process, and reduces humanitarian needs. Beneficiaries include Yemeni citizens (particularly in GoY-controlled areas) and vulnerable households, as well as core economic institutions such as the Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, and energy authorities.
Southeast Asia: Strengthening Research and Innovation for Development (SEA-StRAID)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
SEA-StRAID will help to build an equitable research ecosystem in Southeast Asia that promotes lower middle-income country (LMIC)-led research agendas for developing and implementing solutions to local, regional and global challenges. The programme will deploy technical advice, capacity building support, and funding for regional R&D partnerships. It will aim to improve access to global research, build respectful partnerships, enable countries to recruit and retain quality researchers, and build a stronger, more stable research system that will help the region to achieve sustainable economic growth.
Eastern Neighbourhood Partnership for Resilience Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will strengthen political, societal and economic resilience across the Eastern Neighbourhood by supporting democratic institutions, inclusive governance, civic space, and effective public services. It will counter hybrid threats, disinformation and external interference by investing in civil society, independent media, and local leadership. Targeted technical assistance will help reform minded governments deliver sustainable, citizen focused change, while economic support will improve regulatory quality and reduce vulnerability to external shocks.
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.
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