The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain’s aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. Since 2001, DFID has spent over £390 million on reconstruction and development in Afghanistan. DFID has committed to spend a further £330 million of a wider UK pledge of £500 million by 2009. Over the last three years the size of the programme has grown substantially and further increases are planned for the future. The aid programme to Afghanistan supports three of the Afghan Government’s own objectives, as set out in their Interim National Development Strategy:
1. Building effective state institutions
2. Improving economic management and the effectiveness of aid to Afghanistan
3. Improving the livelihoods of rural people
This booklet presents what DFID is doing in Afghanistan. It is illustrated with photographs by Nick Danziger and provides examples of the UK government's work.
