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DFID is scheduled to merge with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ('the Foreign Office') with effect from September 2020.
DFID merged with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ('the Foreign Office') in September 2020 to create the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.




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* [[Business & Sustainable Development Commission]]
* [[Business & Sustainable Development Commission]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility]]
* [[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office]]
* [[International development agency]]
* [[International development agency]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[Sustainability]]

Revision as of 16:28, 4 November 2020

UK government.

(DFID).

DFID is established to lead the UK’s work to end extreme poverty.

It aims to tackle global challenges including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict.

Its mission is to build a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK.


DFID merged with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office ('the Foreign Office') in September 2020 to create the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.


See also