Britain reviews aid to Bangladesh after election violence Bangladesh, the fourth largest recipient of British government aid, was given £274.9 million in 2013/14, with £265 million planned for 2014/15. Although most of this money is given to international agencies and non-government organisations, 30 percent goes directly or indirectly to the Bangladesh government to support its health, education and climate change programs. UK Aid has budgeted to spend £56.3 million over a five-year period on the two parliamentary support projects that are now under review, with over £12 million remaining to be spent this and next year. Not all of the project's money is spent on parliamentary activities. The main project, Promoting Democratic Institutions and Practices, is implemented by the Asia Foundation and one of its two principle objectives is to work "within parliament to improve the effectiveness and transparency of parliament." It has been working with members of parliament to provide them better information and capacity for fulfilling their 'legislative, representational and oversight responsibilities. The other project, in which the World Bank is managing but the government is in control, is concerned, in part, with improving parliamentary oversight of financial budgets and government audits. Iftekhar Zaman, the executive director of Transparency International in Bangladesh, which is funded in part by UK aid, said that he was "not surprised that the British government would be reviewing these projects, because the parliament that is being formed, though constitutionally and legally correct, does not have the political, moral and public mandate, and the credibility of the parliament will remain questionable."