Although the U.K. Parliament is in summer recess, the government is moving forward shaping departmental briefs and establishing policy direction under Prime Minister Theresa May.
The U.K. Department for International Development’s new team of ministers, led by DfID’s new chief Priti Patel, is coming to grips with the government’s priorities. Patel has pledged to strengthen U.K. trade access by leveraging aid commitments to secure better terms of trade with the developing world.
Patel is not the only new face at DfID; May has overhauled DfID’s entire ministerial team.
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Molly Andersmollyanders_dev
Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
