{"id":85348,"date":"2017-10-14T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8670af948190067452043d53ca235701"},"modified":"2017-10-14T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T17:30:12","slug":"press-release-international-development-secretary-sets-out-uk-commitment-to-jobs-and-prosperity-in-the-worlds-poorest-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=85348","title":{"rendered":"Press release: International Development Secretary sets out UK commitment to jobs and prosperity in the world\u2019s poorest countries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The International Development Secretary Priti Patel has today provided detail on how the UK will create millions of jobs and help accelerate the economic growth that can lift countries out of poverty, through a continued commitment to the UK\u2019s Development Finance Institution.<\/p>\n

At the World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, Ms Patel set out the next step in DFID\u2019s commitment to the growth of CDC, following the passing of the CDC Act earlier this year which increased the total limit of capital which the UK could invest in CDC. This capital increase will average up to \u00a3703 million per year for the next five years, enabling CDC to make pioneering investments that create millions of jobs in the hardest to reach markets.<\/p>\n

CDC invests in the poorest and most fragile countries in Africa and South Asia. It introduces much-needed capital, expertise and support to thousands of businesses \u2013 including power stations, farms and factories \u2013 in 74 countries, creating millions of jobs, generating essential taxes, and strengthening transformational sectors such as infrastructure, manufacturing and agriculture.<\/p>\n

Over the last 3 years companies backed by CDC in Africa and South Asia have created over 3 million new direct and indirect jobs, and paid taxes to national governments worth over $9 billion. This new capital will enable CDC to build on these excellent development results, sustain the increased investment pace reached over the last 5 years, respond to growing demand from businesses, and achieve the ambitious development impact set out in their 5 year strategy.<\/p>\n

CDC\u2019s successful investments demonstrate to private investors the opportunities that exist, even in the most difficult places. This leads the way for other investors to follow, mobilising capital from a much larger pool of private investors.<\/p>\n

International Development Secretary Priti Patel said:<\/p>\n

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The international private sector must rise to the challenge of investing in and powering the growth that helps people to work and earn money, to transform economies and end aid dependency.<\/p>\n

Advancing economic development in the world\u2019s poorest countries is a hallmark of a Global Britain and with this commitment to CDC the UK is leading by example, creating the vital jobs and economic stability that enable countries to leave poverty behind and stand on their own two feet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Capital invested in CDC is invested and reinvested time and again, to ensure that every penny of taxpayers\u2019 money is having maximum development impact.<\/p>\n

As set out in the Department for International Development\u2019s Economic Development Strategy in January 2017, the UK is committed to supporting countries to defeat poverty and leave aid dependency behind through sustainable economic growth, jobs, trade and investment.<\/p>\n

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