DFID DFID is the United Kingdom\\\'s government department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. The central focus of the policy set out in the White Paper published in November 1997, is a commitment to the internationally agreed target to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015, together with associated targets including basic health-care provision and universal access to primary education by the same date. http://www.dfid.gov.uk