Developing Countries: Equality
International Development

Tony Cunningham (Workington, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the millennium development goals in relation to gender equality.

Andrew Mitchell (Secretary of State, International Development; Sutton Coldfield, Conservative)
DFID's annual report includes information on global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, as well as progress in DFID's priority countries. Information on global progress can be found in chapter 2, with progress in DFID's priority countries included in chapter 3.
A link to DFID's annual report for 2010-11 is as follows:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/Annual-report/
