Aid by Sector
UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
As announced by the UK government in September 2015, the UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund will create critical economic infrastructure including: bridges; renewable energy; ports; water; and sea defences that will increase productivity and resilience to natural disasters and climate change. This fund aims to improve economic development in 8 ODA eligible and 1 ODA eligible Overseas Territory by helping to boost growth and creating jobs across the region.
UK Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (UKNIAF)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Improve management of Nigeria’s infrastructure, making it more sustainable and climate resilient, including work on power sector reform, Public Private Partnerships and road maintenance.
TradeMark East Africa - Strategy 2 (Regional)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme aims to increase sustainable and shared prosperity in East Africa by increasing trade within the region and with the rest of the world. Specifically, it supports three intermediate outcomes that contribute to reducing barriers to trade (1) improved sustainable efficiency and capacity of transport infrastructure (2) effective trade systems and procedures, and (3) improved trade regulatory environment. The programme is implemented by TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), which is an aid-for-trade organisation established by the UK in 2010. ARD co-funds TMEA with Kenya (300137), Uganda (205164), Tanzania (300529), and Rwanda (204495). Ultimately it intends to indirectly alleviate poverty by increasing trade and economic growth in such a way that improves the the well-being of poor people, particularly those working in sectors and geographic areas most affected by international trade.
Nepal Local Infrastructure Support Programme (LISP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Local Infrastructure Support Programme will improve Nepal’s new local and provincial governments’ delivery of the local infrastructure services demanded by rural citizens to create jobs and drive economic development. LISP will do this by providing technical assistance and performance-based capital funding to improve the delivery and resilience of local infrastructure. It will focus on increasing the legitimacy and accountability of local government to their citizens. LISP will directly support the use of the systems and capacity developed by the sister Provincial and Local Government Support Programme.
Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIG)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This UK Programme provided technical support on city and regional interventions mainly in 2 focus countries, Uganda and Zambia, resulting in increased inclusive economic growth and job creation. The interventions have helped city economies to become more productive, deliver access to reliable, affordable, renewable power for businesses and households, and strengthen investment into infrastructure services, including from the UK. CIG was intended to provide up to £165m to a range of LMICs over 5 years. Due to budget cuts over the life of the programme, CIG was substantially scaled back and at closure comprised technical assistance support to Uganda and Zambia only. CIG provided £52m of support in total (£22.6m of which was spent in Zambia and Uganda). In the final year, 2023, a Phase 2 was started, where management was transferred in July to a country office, covering only Zambia. Phase 2 will last until June 2025, with the possibility of a further year's extension.
Global Facility to Decarbonise Transport (GFDT)
UK - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
A new multilateral World Bank Trust Fund providing technical assistance to support the decarbonisation of the transport sector in developing countries. BEIS is providing £4m as a founding donor to support GFDT’s early delivery.
Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF)
UK - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) funds outstanding global health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility aims to address the growing public health crisis of road traffic deaths and injuries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) through supporting the scale-up of scientific, technological and managerial capacities to effectively manage road safety.
Montserrat Capital Investment Programme for Resilient Economic Growth CIPREG
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To achieve economic growth on Montserrat and to enhance the island’s resilience against natural disasters and economic shocks through the improvement of critical infrastructure and enhancing its tourism offer.
Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) Phase II Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve governance, accountability and public service delivery by the Government of Somaliland. This will promote long-term stability in the region and improve the lives of poor Somalilanders. This programme contributes to our SDGs by delivering public services, and building core government capacity and functions and will result in improved planning and delivery for development priorities by 2022.
African Continental Free Trade Area Support Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will support the successful negotiation and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It will contribute to the reduction of barriers to trade across the continent, increase economic integration and improve the trading environment for both UK and African business. The programme will support faster and more complete implementation of the AfCFTA, working at both continental and national levels. Fully implementing the AfCFTA could lift an additional 30 million people from extreme poverty and 68 million people from moderate poverty.
India: Infrastructure Equity Fund - Investment in small infrastructure projects in India's poorest states
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve access to better quality transport, clean energy and basic urban services for households and businesses, by investing in equity to private sector-led infrastructure projects. This will benefit an estimated 280,000 people with improved infrastructure services.
Accelerating Investment and Infrastructure in Nepal
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To accelerate private investment and economic growth in Nepal by providing technical expertise to help Nepalese institutions develop major infrastructure; improve the business climate for domestic and foreign investors; improve the implementation of economic policy and test new approaches for local economic development. This will result in at least £600 million of private investment into growth-boosting sectors and a reduction by at least 10% in time or cost for at least five regulatory processes perceived as burdensome by the private sector.
Unlocking Prosperity in the Horn of Africa
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Investment in the Horn of Africa’s to support full and inclusive trade and economic growth potential of the region by developing and improving key roads, enabling trade cross borders and enhancing local economic development.
MOBILIST - Mobilising Institutional Capital Through Listed Product Structures
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
FCDO seeks to support the development of new products that have the ambition to list on major and local exchanges, and by doing so, engage new sources of investment and new investors, to help bridge the SDG financing gap, estimated by the UN to total $2.5 trillion p.a. ODA flows alone will not meet the needs of developing countries, and new sources of private investment will be essential if the SDGs are to be met by 2030. The programme will work with UK-based financial service providers and providers across FCDO priority countries and more widely, working to help mobilise more capital to reach the hardest places, and where the needs are greatest.
Liberia Roads Development Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The UK will provide up to £4.8 million of support in a one-off disbursement in late 2018 to the World Bank managed Liberia Reconstruction Trust Fund (LRTF) to support the Liberia South-eastern Corridor Road Asset Management Project (SECRAMP). The programme will contribute to the LRTF SECRAMP 2018-2024 and will support the Government of Liberia to enhance road access connectivity for residents living along selected sections of the Ganta to Zwedru Road Corridor and to improve institutional capacity to manage the road sector.
Improving Essential Equipment for aided Overseas Territories
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme will pay for essential equipment to the islands of Montserrat, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha. This includes essential healthcare screening equipment for hospital use, fire safety and sea rescue equipment as well as a new generator on Montserrat. The programme will ensure the islands are equipped with life safety equipment. In the case of Montserrat, the generator will provide energy supply on the island and is a required due to maintenance and repair of existing generators being no longer commercially viable. These Overseas Territories remains highly dependent on UK ODA support and the specified life safety equipment is not available. This programme will enhance economic development and contribute to the welfare of people on the aided Overseas Territories.
PIDG2 - Second phase of FCDO's Support to the Private Infrastructure Development Group .
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The aim of PIDG is to mobilise private investment in infrastructure, in order to increase service provision for the poor, boost economic growth, trade and jobs to alleviate poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
The Global Road Safety Facility
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To reduce the number of road deaths and serious accidents in developing countries by supporting a World Bank Multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) to improve the evidence on what works to improve road safety outcomes and underpins GRSF key focus areas around safe infrastructure; safe speed; safe road users and emergency medical services and post-crash care. The MDTF provides funding, knowledge, and technical assistance to scale-up the countries’ efforts to build their scientific, technological, managerial and delivery capacities for road safety.
UKSIP - The UK Sustainable Infrastructure Programme Latin America
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To accelerate the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions of key countries by catalysing and mobilising strategic private sector investments in sustainable infrastructure in Latin America. It supports partner countries to achieve their emission reduction commitments by mobilising private investment into low-carbon infrastructure. Public and private sector Technical Assistance, and blended finance investments. It works with four partner countries: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
Urban Resilience Programme in South Africa
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Urban Resilience Programme will fund technical assistance (TA) for inclusive, sustainable and climate-resilient economic development in South African cities. The programme will support South Africa’s ambitions for green recovery, sustainable growth and institution building. The programme will build on the learning and achievements of Future Cities, which successfully delivered strategies for urban governance, spatial planning and economic development in Durban/eThekwini, Johannesburg and Cape Town
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