HC Deb 18 July 2000 vol 354 cc119-22W
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.

Bilateral aid to low-income countries 1996–97
DFID GPEX
£000 % £000 %
Total all countries 1,074,762 1,281,794
Of which low-income group countries
Afghanistan 8,544 0.79 9,444 0.74
Albania 1,038 1.10 1,038 0.08
Angola 9,787 0.91 9,787 0.76
Armenia 1,122 0.10 1,122 0.09
Azerbaijan 1,093 0.10 1,093 0.09
Bangladesh 42,402 3.95 42,405 3.31
Benin 29 0.00 29 0.00
Bhutan 20 0.00 20 0.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina 727 0.07 752 0.06
Burkina Faso 204 0.02 204 0.02
Burma 314 0.03 319 0.02
Burundi 1,560 0.15 1,560 0.12
Cambodia 5,552 0.52 5,552 0.43
Cameroon 2,205 0.21 2,205 0.17
Central African Republic 21 0.00 26 0.00
Chad 142 0.01 142 0.01
China 31,701 2.95 31,701 2.47
Comoros 17 0.00 17 0.00
Congo 990 0.08
Democratic Republic of the Congo 107 0.01 1,213 0.09
Cote d'Ivoire 633 0.06 4,915 0.38
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea 1,210 0.11 1,210 0.09
Ethiopia 8,078 0.75 8,518 0.66
Gambia 1,844 0.17 1,844 0.14
Georgia 1,851 0.17 1,851 0.14
Ghana 25,643 2.39 28,339 2.21
Guinea 178 0.02 412 0.03
Guinea-Bissau 6 0.00 6 0.00
Guyana 5,382 0.50 7,036 0.55
Haiti 10 0.00 10 0.00
Honduras 1,077 0.10 7,395 0.58
India 92,393 8.60 112,140 8.75
Kenya 26,481 2.46 26,491 2.07
Kyrgyzstan 923 0.09 935 0.07
Laos 729 0.07 729 0.06
Liberia 3,006 0.28 3,006 0.23
Madagascar 399 0.04 601 0.05
Malawi 33,555 3.12 44,877 3.50
Mali 523 0.05 8,656 0.68
Mauritania 18 0.00 293 0.02
Mongolia 378 0.04 378 0.03
Mozambique 22,035 2.05 26,447 2.06
Nepal 15,371 1.43 15,373 1.20
Nicaragua 1,193 0.11 1,193 0.09
Niger 112 0.01 467 0.04
Nigeria 7,642 0.71 7,642 0.60
Pakistan 27,517 2.56 59,367 4.63
Rwanda 9,676 0.90 9,676 0.75
Sao Tome and Principe 12 0.00 12 0.00
Senegal 577 0.05 764 0.06
Sierra Leone 10,619 0.99 10,841 0.85
Somalia 1,322 0.12 1,322 0.10
Sri Lanka 7,364 0.69 19,937 1.56
Sudan 4,534 0.42 4,534 0.35
Tajikistan 4,301 0.40 4,301 0.34
Tanzania 48,208 4.49 56,432 4.40
Togo 311 0.03 617 0.05
Tuvalu n/a n/a n/a n/a
Uganda 42,976 4.00 49,095 3.83
Vietnam 5,606 0.52 5,606 0.44
Yemen 1,975 0.18 2,004 0.16
Zambia 17,499 1.63 40,629 3.17
Zimbabwe 11,126 1.04 21,103 1.65
Total to low-income group of countries 550,878 51 706,623 55

1998–99
DFID GPEX
£000 % £000 %
Total all countries 1,175,605 1,386,083
Of which low-income group countries
Afghanistan 4,123 0.35 4,123 0.30
Albania 643 0.05 643 0.05
Angola 4,550 0.39 4,550 0.33
Armenia 551 0.05 551 0.04
Azerbaijan 498 0.04 498 0.04
Bangladesh 69,918 5.95 69,918 5.04
Benin 88 0.01 88 0.01
Bhutan 14 0.00 14 0.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,599 0.22 2,599 0.19
Burkina Faso 318 0.03 318 0.02
Burma 795 0.07 795 0.06
Burundi 324 0.03 324 0.02
Cambodia 5,625 0.48 5,625 0.41
Cameroon 1,888 0.16 3,588 0.26
Central African Republic 5 0.00
Chad
China 39,540 3.36 39,541 2.85
Comoros 18 0.00 18 0.00
Congo 6 0.00 3,216 0.23
Democratic Republic of the Congo 552 0.05 1,546 0.11
Cote d'Ivoire 623 0.05 13,453 0.97
Equatorial Guinea 0 0.00 0 0.00
Eritrea 868 0.07 868 0.06
Ethiopia 8,850 0.75 9,910 0.71
Gambia 976 0.08 979 0.07
Georgia 1,265 0.11 1,265 0.09
Ghana 54,365 4.62 63,844 4,61
Guinea 424 0.04 603 0.04
Guinea-Bissau 8 0.00 8 0.00
Guyana 5,777 0.49 22,893 1.65
Haiti 59 0.01 59 0.00
Honduras 2,611 0.22 3,382 0.24
India 92,275 7.85 113,865 8.21
Kenya 34,023 2.89 43,011 3.10
Kyrgyzstan 442 0.04 458 0.03
Laos 546 0.05 546 0.04
Liberia 776 0.07 776 0.06
Madagascar 410 0.03 612 0.04
Malawi 47,265 4.02 52,395 3.78
Mali 331 0.03 831 0.06
Mauritania 2 0.00 429 0.03
Mongolia 470 0.04 477 0.03
Mozambique 26,401 2.25 29,158 2.10
Nepal 17,209 1.46 17,209 1.24
Nicaragua 1,996 0.17 1,996 0.14
Niger 172 0.01 870 0.06
Nigeria 11,053 0.94 11,053 0.80
Pakistan 25,180 2.14 28,608 2.06
Rwanda 13,776 1.17 13,776 0.99
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal 454 0.04 616 0.04
Sierra Leone 9,036 0.77 9,241 0.67
Somalia 1,617 0.14 1,617 0.12
Sri Lanka 7,831 0.67 7,831 0.56
Sudan 24,416 2.08 24,416 1.76
Tajikistan 732 0.06 1,440 0.10
Tanzania 51,433 4.38 78,924 5.69
Togo 124 0.01 1,204 0.09
Tuvalu n/a n/a n/a n/a
Uganda 52,621 4.48 64,307 4.64
Vietnam 4,699 0.40 4,699 0.34
Yemen 1,048 0.09 1,048 0.08
Zambia 14,986 1.27 33,134 2.39
Zimbabwe 16,597 1.41 29,391 2.12
Total to low-income group of countries 665,797 57 829,162 60

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.

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.