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The most recent evaluation of the International Citizen Service (ICS) programme was conducted in October 2017 and found that, on economic development, ICS entrepreneurship projects helped new entrepreneurs to start up businesses, and helped established entrepreneurs to build links with new markets and develop skills, such as record keeping.<\/p>
Entrepreneurship projects are fully consistent with the priorities set out in DFID\u2019s Economic Development Strategy, published in January 2017.<\/p>
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The United Nations report that 21.2 million people in Yemen require some kind of humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs or protect their fundamental rights, as cited in the 2016 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). The government uses this UN report as one if its primary data sources.<\/p>
We continue to call on other donors to step up. In July 2015 the Foreign and Development Secretaries wrote to international donors to raise the profile of Yemen\u2019s humanitarian crisis and encourage more funding to the response. In September, the Development Secretary co-hosted a meeting on Yemen\u2019s humanitarian crisis at the UN General Assembly, at which donors (including the UK) pledged an additional £85 million.<\/p>