Response to the FCDO’s reply to the IDC’s report on Racism in the aid sector

January 2023

Response: After a lengthy delay, the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) released its response to the International Development Committee’s (IDC) report on Racism in the aid sector. The IDC report’s findings, based on a year’s worth of written and oral evidence, recognised the way in which Britain’s colonial legacy has shaped the aid sector. GADN welcomes the FCDO’s ongoing and intended measures to address some of the concerns raised in the IDC report. However, overall, it is clear that more work is required to fully comprehend and sufficiently respond to the scale of the problems identified within the IDC’s findings.