Speeches and articles

DFID MDG Conference – Agenda 2010: The Turning Point on Poverty

11 March 2010

Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development

Launch of Business Innovation Facility

10 March 2010

Speech by Gareth Thomas, Minister of State for International Development at Glaziers Hall, London

Africa: The Emerging Market of the Future?

04 March 2010

Speech by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander at the LSE Emerging Markets Forum

Africa Regional Integration Event

04 March 2010

Speech by Minister of State for International Development Gareth Thomas at 1 Whitehall, London

Launch of DFID Education Strategy: ‘Learning for All’

03 March 2010

Speech by Douglas Alexander Secretary of State for International Development at DFID, London

Out of the Bretton Woods: Building a World Bank for the 21st Century

11 February 2010

Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development on 10 February 2010 at the HLondon School of Economics

Remittances and financial inclusion conference

09 February 2010

Speech by Gareth Thomas, Minister of State for International Development

Douglas Alexander - Written Ministerial Statement on Haiti

04 February 2010

Three weeks have now passed since an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck Haiti. The Government of Haiti has confirmed 112,000 bodies recovered from the rubble in and around the capital Port-au-Prince. Estimates of the final death toll are close to 170,000.

Addressing the hunger crisis – challenges and priorities

26 January 2010

Douglas Alexander, International Development Secretary speech at World Food Programme

St Helena airport consultation response

15 December 2009

Response to the public consultation on air access for St Helena

Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

09 December 2009

International Development Minister Gareth Thomas speech to the CERF annual conference.

Reforming the UN - Thomas calls for push on value for money

08 December 2009

Speech by Gareth Thomas on the reform of the UN

The humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka

24 November 2009

Written Ministerial Statement by Mike Foster MP

Gareth Thomas speech on the challenges of using branchless banking to increase financial inclusion

18 November 2009

Minister for Trade and Development Gareth Thomas launches the results of DFID's study on Branchless Banking

Mike Foster addresses World Food Summit in Rome

18 November 2009

International Development Minister says one billion hungry is a "deplorable state"

Stabilisation and Development on the eve of 2010

05 November 2009

Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, delivered at the City Forum's Symposium on Stabilisation, London

The Future of Aid

29 October 2009

Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development on 29 October at Hugh Gaitskell Memorial Lecture, Nottingham University

Health and education – where faith fits

20 October 2009

Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development on 20 October at RSA as part of the series of talks on faith and development organised by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation

Joint FCO / DFID Written Ministerial Statement on the wider political and humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka

14 October 2009

Government’s ongoing active engagement in Sri Lanka following the end of the conflict almost five months ago between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka.

After the Pittsburgh Summit, which policies can best help renew growth in world trade?

05 October 2009

Speech by Minster of State Gareth Thomas at Wilton Park on 5 October 2009