HC Deb 02 March 1994 vol 238 cc724-5W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the annual budget contributions by the United Kingdom to(a) the International bank for reconstruction and development, (b) the International Development Association and (c) the International Finance Corporation for each of the past 10 years in (i) pound sterling and (ii) United States dollars.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The information requested is in the table.

World Bank Group: Net Income FY84–93 ($ million)
IBRD IDA IFC MIGA
FY84 600 (71) 26 —
FY85 1,137 (65) 28 —
FY86 1,243 15 25 —
FY87 1,113 106 54 —
FY88 1,004 142 101 —
FY89 1,094 88 197 2.8
FY90 1,046 316 157 2.6
FY91 1,200 165 166 2.2
FY92 1,645 716 180 0.5
FY93 1,130 (149) 142 1.1

Notes: Figures in brackets indicate a deficit.

FY=Fiscal Year (July-June).

IBRD=International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

IDA=Intemational Development Association.

IFC=International Finance Corporation.

MIGA=Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

Name Date in service Number of units and size (MW) Installed capacity (MW) Rated capacity (MW) Actual energy (Gwh/yr)
Pan auti — 3x0.8 2.4 2.4 0
Trisuli 1962 7x3.0 21.0 18.0 114.6
Sunkosi 1973 3x3.5 10.5 8.6 56.7
Gandak 1979 3x5.0 15.0 9.4 43.8
Kulekhani I 1982 2 x 30.0 60.0 60.0 154.7
Devighat 1983 2x4.7 14.1 14.1 89.7
Kulekhani II 1986 2 x 16.0 32.0 32.0 95.0
Marsyangdi 1989 3 x 23.0 69.0 69.0 462.0
Andi Khola 1991 3x 1.7 5.1 5.0 44.4
Sub-Total — — 229.1 218.5 1,060.9
Miscellaneous Small Hydro — — 7.0 7.0 23.2
Total — — 236.1 225.5 1,084.1

In addition, the latest available data indicate installed thermal capacity of about 55 MW. Reliable estimates of current demand levels are not readily available, but over the course of the last year load shedding has been an almost daily occurrence in Nepal, indicating regular shortages of power.

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