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Through the Department for International Development's (DFID) bilateral aid programme the Maldives has received the following aid from the UK over the last decade:<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><TR><TD></TD><TD>Total DFID bilateral programme (£)</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001-02</TD><TD>82,580</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002-03</TD><TD>195,271</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003-04</TD><TD>199,068</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004-05</TD><TD>807,557</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005-06</TD><TD>405,221</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006-07</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007-08</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008-09</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>2009-10</TD><TD>150,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2010-11</TD><TD>0</TD></TR></Table>DFID no longer has a bilateral aid programme in the Maldives, and there are no plans to initiate one. The spend in 2009-10 was support for the Maldives hosting the first 'Climate Vulnerable Forum' in October 2009. The forum was a gathering of world leaders from countries that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. |