§ Mr. ConnartyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development which poor countries are considered to be committed to reform and therefore received or are due to receive increased allocations of direct budget support. [132098]
§ Hilary BennThe UK will provide Direct Budget Support to a country where that country's government demonstrates a credible commitment to poverty reduction and where the developmental benefits of providing direct budget support outweigh the fiduciary risks, as outlined in the DFID guidelines "Managing Fiduciary Risk When Providing Direct Budget Support".
Countries where, subject to these criteria being met, allocations of direct budget support have increased or are expected to increase are India, Afghanistan (where we make contributions to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund), Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Funding agreements in some countries are still being negotiated.