§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries in central and eastern Europe now qualify as developing countries recognised by the OECD's development assistance committee.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAll countries in central and eastern Europe which receive aid are listed in the Development392W Assistance Committee's list of aid recipients. Those which appear in that part of the list detailing countries whose aid receipts count as official development assistance are: Tajikistan, Armenia, Kyrgystan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Albania and the states of ex-Yugoslavia. Full details are given in the Development Assistance Committee chairman's report for 1993, entitled "Development Co-operation: Aid in Transition", a copy of which is held in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of gross national product in rank order is contributed in and by each member of the OECD's development assistance committee.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information is as follows:
Net Official Development Assistance as a Percentage of Gross National Product in 1992, all DAC Donor Countries Percentage Norway 1.16 Sweden 1.03 Denmark 1.02 Netherlands 0.86 France 0.63 Finland 0.62 Canada 0.46 Switzerland 0.46 Germany 0.39 Belgium 0.39 Portugal 0.36 Australia 0.35 Italy 0.34 United Kingdom 0.31 Japan 0.30 Austria 0.30 Spain 0.26 Luxembourg 0.26 New Zealand 0.26 United States of America 0.20 Ireland 0.16