ActionAid said that although Britain had abandoned tied aid, at least 80% of contracts awarded by [the Department for International Development] in 2005-06 were to UK firms. A total of £101m was awarded to the so-called big five consultancy firms - PWC, KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst and Young and Accenture. Adam Smith International received contracts worth £22m, mostly for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Aid wasted in paying for private schools, July 2006