The Department for International Development has released its first Multilateral Development Review since 2011, outlining priorities for future multilateral spending and identifying strengths and weaknesses among its 37 multilateral partners.
Multilateral organizations The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Caribbean Development Bank took a beating in the spending review, while health-focused organizations including the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance drew praise from the agency, which currently spends 40 percent of its 14 billion pound aid budget through multilateral organizations. Please click here to continue reading this article.