Written Answers to Questions
Monday 27 November 2006
International Development
Aid Statistics
Mr. Lilley:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development to how many countries his Department has contributed funds via basket funding alongside other donors. [100667]
Hilary Benn:
There is no standardised definition of a basket fund. For the basis of this question, DFID has determined a basket fund to be a fund where
(a) at least two donors pool resources into a common bank account to support a government to implement an agreed sector programme or set of activities; and
(b) procedures relating to the operation of the bank account are additional to government's own procedures; and
On this basis DFID contributed to some 45 basket funds in the following 18 countries in 2005:
Mr. Lilley:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value is, as a proportion of recipient countries' gross domestic products, of (a) UK and (b) all bilateral and multilateral donors' aid to all countries in receipt of UK aid. [101154]
Hilary Benn:
The value of official development assistance (ODA) and official aid (OA) in 2004 as a proportion of gross national income provided to recipient countries by (a) the UK and (b) all bilateral and multilateral donors is shown in Table 1. This information is collated by the Development Co-operation Directive of the OECD and is also available via its website at oecd.org/dac/stats. Data for
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2005 are not yet available. Gross national income (GNI) comprises the total value of goods and services produced within a country (gross domestic product) together with its income received from other countries less similar payments made to other countries. Gross national income is the internationally preferred measure for aid comparison purposes.
| Table 1: Total ODA/OA as percentage of GNI for recipients of UK aid, 2004 |
| | UK | All donors |
|
Afghanistan
|
3.9
|
38.0
|
|
Albania
|
0.1
|
4.7
|
|
Algeria
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
|
Angola
|
0.1
|
6.5
|
|
Anguilla
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Antigua a Barbuda
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
|
Armenia
|
0.2
|
7.1
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
0.0
|
2.3
|
|
Bangladesh
|
0.4
|
2.3
|
|
Barbados
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Belarus
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
|
Belize
|
0.0
|
0.7
|
|
Bolivia
|
0.6
|
9.1
|
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina
|
0.1
|
8.0
|
|
Botswana
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
|
Brazil
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Bulgaria
|
0.0
|
2.6
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
0.1
|
12.7
|
|
Burundi
|
1.5
|
54.8
|
|
Cambodia
|
0.4
|
11.1
|
|
Cameroon
|
0.2
|
5.3
|
|
Chad
|
0.3
|
12.1
|
|
Chile
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
|
China
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
|
Colombia
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
|
Congo Democratic Republic (Zaire)
|
4.7
|
28.6
|
|
Congo, Republic
|
0.1
|
3.5
|
|
Costa Rica
|
-0.1
|
0.1
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
0.0
|
1.1
|
|
Croatia
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
|
Cuba
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Dominica
|
-1.4
|
11.6
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
|
Ecuador
|
-0.1
|
0.6
|
|
Egypt
|
0.1
|
1.9
|
|
El Salvador
|
0.0
|
1.4
|
|
Eritrea
|
0.6
|
28.4
|
|
Ethiopia
|
1.8
|
22.8
|
|
FYROM-Macedonia
|
0.1
|
4.8
|
|
Gambia
|
0.1
|
15.9
|
|
Georgia
|
0.1
|
6.3
|
|
Ghana
|
3.1
|
16.0
|
|
Grenada
|
0.2
|
4.0
|
|
Guatemala
|
0.0
|
0.8
|
|
Guinea
|
0.1
|
8.1
|
|
Guyana
|
2.7
|
17.8
|
|
Haiti
|
0.1
|
6.9
|
|
Honduras
|
0.0
|
9.1
|
|
India
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
|
Indonesia
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Iran
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
|
Iraq
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Jamaica
|
0.1
|
1.0
|
|
Jordan
|
0.0
|
5.1
|
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|
Kazakhstan
|
0.0
|
0.7
|
|
Kenya
|
0.3
|
4.1
|
|
Korea, Dem. Rep.
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
0.3
|
12.3
|
|
Laos
|
0.1
|
11.7
|
|
Lebanon
|
0.0
|
1.2
|
|
Lesotho
|
0.4
|
6.0
|
|
Liberia
|
4.3
|
55.1
|
|
Madagascar
|
0.6
|
28.9
|
|
Malawi
|
6.7
|
26.9
|
|
Malaysia
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|
Maldives
|
0.1
|
3.9
|
|
Mali
|
0.0
|
12.2
|
|
Mauritania
|
0.0
|
14.5
|
|
Mauritius
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
|
Mexico
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Moldova
|
0.2
|
4.1
|
|
Mongolia
|
0.5
|
17.3
|
|
Montserrat
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Morocco
|
0.0
|
1.4
|
|
Mozambique
|
1.3
|
23.7
|
|
Myanmar (Burma)
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Namibia
|
0.0
|
3.0
|
|
Nepal
|
1.0
|
6.4
|
|
Nicaragua
|
0.3
|
28.9
|
|
Niger
|
0.3
|
17.5
|
|
Nigeria
|
0.2
|
1.0
|
|
Pakistan
|
0.1
|
1.5
|
|
Palestinian adm. areas
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Panama
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|
Paraguay
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|
Peru
|
0.0
|
0.7
|
|
Philippines
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
|
Romania
|
0.0
|
1.3
|
|
Russia
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
|
Rwanda
|
3.2
|
25.8
|
|
Senegal
|
0.1
|
13.9
|
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
0.0
|
4.9
|
|
Seychelles
|
0.0
|
1.5
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
5.8
|
34.3
|
|
Singapore
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
|
Slovenia
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
|
Somalia
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
South Africa
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
0.1
|
2.7
|
|
St. Helena
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
St. Lucia
|
-4.1
|
-3.2
|
|
St. Vincent and Grenadines
|
0.0
|
2.7
|
|
States of ex Yugoslavia (unspecified)
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Sudan
|
0.6
|
4.9
|
|
Swaziland
|
0.1
|
4.8
|
|
Syria
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
|
Tajikistan
|
0.1
|
12.0
|
|
Tanzania
|
2.0
|
16.2
|
|
Thailand
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
0.1
|
31.6
|
|
Togo
|
0.0
|
3.0
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Turkey
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
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Turks and Caicos Islands
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
Uganda
|
1.6
|
17.3
|
|
Ukraine
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
0.0
|
2.1
|
|
Venezuela
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Vietnam
|
0.2
|
4.1
|
|
Yemen
|
0.1
|
2.1
|
|
Zambia
|
5.4
|
20.7
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
(1) GNI figure is not available
Note:
0.0 per cent. means less than 0.05 per cent.
Source:
DAC On-line (Reference Section: Total Net ODA/OA DAC2a)
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