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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Low-income Countries

Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development for each low-income country, what proportion of total bilateral aid it received in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1999-2000; and what total amount of bilateral aid it received in 1996-97. [130862]

Clare Short: Data for 1999-2000 are not yet available. The tables show both Department for International Development bilateral expenditure and UK Gross Public Expenditure on Aid (GPEX) for 1996-97 and 1998-99, the latest year for which figures are available. Low-income countries are defined as those with a 1995 GNP per capita of less than $766. The total figures include bilateral expenditure which cannot be attributed to individual countries, including for instance block grants and regional allocations.

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Bilateral aid to low-income countries 1996-97

DFID GPEX
£000%£000%
Total all countries1,074,762--1,281,794--
Of which low-income group countries
Afghanistan8,5440.799,4440.74
Albania1,0381.101,0380.08
Angola9,7870.919,7870.76
Armenia1,1220.101,1220.09
Azerbaijan1,0930.101,0930.09
Bangladesh42,4023.9542,4053.31
Benin290.00290.00
Bhutan200.00200.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina7270.077520.06
Burkina Faso2040.022040.02
Burma3140.033190.02
Burundi1,5600.151,5600.12
Cambodia5,5520.525,5520.43
Cameroon2,2050.212,2050.17
Central African Republic210.00260.00
Chad1420.011420.01
China31,7012.9531,7012.47
Comoros170.00170.00
Congo----9900.08
Democratic Republic of the Congo1070.011,2130.09
Cote d'Ivoire6330.064,9150.38
Equatorial Guinea--------
Eritrea1,2100.111,2100.09
Ethiopia8,0780.758,5180.66
Gambia1,8440.171,8440.14
Georgia1,8510.171,8510.14
Ghana25,6432.3928,3392.21
Guinea1780.024120.03
Guinea-Bissau60.0060.00
Guyana5,3820.507,0360.55
Haiti100.00100.00
Honduras1,0770.107,3950.58
India92,3938.60112,1408.75
Kenya26,4812.4626,4912.07
Kyrgyzstan9230.099350.07
Laos7290.077290.06
Liberia3,0060.283,0060.23
Madagascar3990.046010.05
Malawi33,5553.1244,8773.50
Mali5230.058,6560.68
Mauritania180.002930.02
Mongolia3780.043780.03
Mozambique22,0352.0526,4472.06
Nepal15,3711.4315,3731.20
Nicaragua1,1930.111,1930.09
Niger1120.014670.04
Nigeria7,6420.717,6420.60
Pakistan27,5172.5659,3674.63
Rwanda9,6760.909,6760.75
Sao Tome and Principe120.00120.00
Senegal5770.057640.06
Sierra Leone10,6190.9910,8410.85
Somalia1,3220.121,3220.10
Sri Lanka7,3640.6919,9371.56
Sudan4,5340.424,5340.35
Tajikistan4,3010.404,3010.34
Tanzania48,2084.4956,4324.40
Togo3110.036170.05
Tuvalun/an/an/an/a
Uganda42,9764.0049,0953.83
Vietnam5,6060.525,6060.44
Yemen1,9750.182,0040.16
Zambia17,4991.6340,6293.17
Zimbabwe11,1261.0421,1031.65
Total to low-income group of countries550,87851706,62355


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1998-99

DFID GPEX
£000%£000%
Total all countries1,175,605--1,386,083--
Of which low-income group countries
Afghanistan4,1230.354,1230.30
Albania6430.056430.05
Angola4,5500.394,5500.33
Armenia5510.055510.04
Azerbaijan4980.044980.04
Bangladesh69,9185.9569,9185.04
Benin880.01880.01
Bhutan140.00140.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,5990.222,5990.19
Burkina Faso3180.033180.02
Burma7950.077950.06
Burundi3240.033240.02
Cambodia5,6250.485,6250.41
Cameroon1,8880.163,5880.26
Central African Republic----50.00
Chad--------
China39,5403.3639,5412.85
Comoros180.00180.00
Congo60.003,2160.23
Democratic Republic of the Congo5520.051,5460.11
Cote d'Ivoire6230.0513,4530.97
Equatorial Guinea00.0000.00
Eritrea8680.078680.06
Ethiopia8,8500.759,9100.71
Gambia9760.089790.07
Georgia1,2650.111,2650.09
Ghana54,3654.6263,8444,61
Guinea4240.046030.04
Guinea-Bissau80.0080.00
Guyana5,7770.4922,8931.65
Haiti590.01590.00
Honduras2,6110.223,3820.24
India92,2757.85113,8658.21
Kenya34,0232.8943,0113.10
Kyrgyzstan4420.044580.03
Laos5460.055460.04
Liberia7760.077760.06
Madagascar4100.036120.04
Malawi47,2654.0252,3953.78
Mali3310.038310.06
Mauritania20.004290.03
Mongolia4700.044770.03
Mozambique26,4012.2529,1582.10
Nepal17,2091.4617,2091.24
Nicaragua1,9960.171,9960.14
Niger1720.018700.06
Nigeria11,0530.9411,0530.80
Pakistan25,1802.1428,6082.06
Rwanda13,7761.1713,7760.99
Sao Tome and Principe--------
Senegal4540.046160.04
Sierra Leone9,0360.779,2410.67
Somalia1,6170.141,6170.12
Sri Lanka7,8310.677,8310.56
Sudan24,4162.0824,4161.76
Tajikistan7320.061,4400.10
Tanzania51,4334.3878,9245.69
Togo1240.011,2040.09
Tuvalun/an/an/an/a
Uganda52,6214.4864,3074.64
Vietnam4,6990.404,6990.34
Yemen1,0480.091,0480.08
Zambia14,9861.2733,1342.39
Zimbabwe16,5971.4129,3912.12
Total to low-income group of countries665,79757829,16260

Notes:

1. Countries are classified using 1995 GNP per capita estimates

2. Data for Tuvalu are not available as bilateral assistance to the Pacific is provided under a single regional programme.

3. 1998-99 figures are the latest available data.


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Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what definition her Department uses for low-income countries in relation to its performance target set out in its Public Service Agreement. [130863]

Clare Short: The definition of low-income countries, used in the Public Service Agreement, is those with a GNP per capita in 1995 of less than US$766. There are 64 such countries and they are listed on pages 164-166 of the latest (1999) edition of "Statistics On International Development" (a copy of which is in the House Library). The definition was developed by the World bank.

Aid Indicators

Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the level of each of the indicators was in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1999-2000 for each of the targets listed in her Department's Public Service Agreement for the 30 largest recipients of British aid; and what action is being taken by her Department to increase progress towards achievement of the targets for each of the targets. [130962]

Clare Short: The level of each of the Public Service Agreement (PSA) indicators for the baseline year and for 1999-2000 are set out in Box g (items 1 to 3) of the Department for International Development's 2000 Departmental Report. Copies of the Departmental Report and the latest public drafts of the Target Strategy Papers which set out the action necessary to achieve the International Development Targets have been deposited in the House Library. The final Target Strategy Papers will be published over the next few months. A revised PSA for DFID, covering the years 2001-04 will be published shortly as Command Paper 4808.

Nolan Rules

Mr. Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list each group that is responsible to her Department, with significant and plural membership from outside the Civil Service, and to which the Nolan rules on non-departmental public bodies do not apply; and for each such group, if it (a) is a company limited by guarantee, (b) is a charity, (c) has no formal legal basis and (d) has some other legal basis, giving details. [131174]

Clare Short: The only body which meets these criteria is CDC Group plc. It is not a company limited by guarantee, nor is it a charity. CDC Group plc has a formal legal basis and was formerly a statutory corporation. On 8 December 1999 CDC was registered as a plc in accordance with, and by virtue of, the CDC Act 1999. CDC is presently wholly owned by Government. The Secretary of State for International Development holds the shares, less one which is held by the Treasury Solicitor. It is to these two members that CDC Group plc is responsible.


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