Independent Commission for Aid Impact says women bearing brunt of corruption as department gets second-worst rating
The UKs Department for International Development (DfID) is failing to address the petty but widespread corruption that blights the daily lives of the worlds poorest people and has a particularly corrosive impact on women and girls, Britains aid watchdog has warned.
In a report published on Friday, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (Icai) acknowledges the departments awareness that everyday corruption is a critical challenge for development, but says it has neither developed an approach equal to the challenge, nor focused its efforts sufficiently on the poor.
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