Tania Branigan, The Guardian
July 14, 2006

Britain has announced the creation of a ¬£100 million fund to fight corruption and improve political accountability in the developing world, as part of an undertaking by the Tony Blair administration to address how Third World challenges identified at last year’s G8 summit could be met, reports Tania Branigan for The Guardian [PDF] .

Labour’s new Governance and Transparency Fund posits support for good governance at the centre of its approach to development and focuses on state capability, responsiveness and accountability.

At least half of all future UK direct support for developing countries will go to public services, to get children into school, improve healthcare, fight HIV and AIDS and provide more clean water and sanitation.

Full article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/jul/14/uk.internationalaidanddevelopment [PDFver here]