§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to fill 241W the post of Director of the Tropical Development and Research Institute; what minimum qualifications he expects of candidates in (a) science and (b) tropical experience; and what advertisement has been, or is being, given to the vacancy.
§ Mr. RaisonAn open competition was held earlier this year to try and identify a suitable successor to the present Director of the Tropical Development and Research Institute who is approaching retirement. The vacancy was widely advertised in the appropriate journals. The competition unfortunately failed to produce anyone who was judged to have the necessary scientific and administrative qualities for the post. Since the new director will face the major task of managing the relocation of the component parts of the institute on a new site at Chatham in 1987–88 an assistant secretary, Mr. G. A. Beanie, in the
£ thousand 1982 1983 1984 United Kingdom bilateral aid of which loans Multilateral aid attributable to United Kingdom United Kingdom bilateral aid of which loans Multilateral aid attributable to United Kingdom United Kingdom bilateral aid of which loans Latin America Argentina 2 — 230 — — 414 — — Belize 2,885 — 240 6,098 3,408 81 5,971 2,305 Bolivia 988 — 1,270 1,199 — 1,521 1,182 — Brazil 9,960 — 1,030 5,574 — 846 7,780 961 Chile 675 — 100 442 — 102 257 — Colombia 617 — 710 635 — 780 460 — Costa Rica 486 5 270 1,838 1,373 508 1,666 1,377 Cuba — — 180 — — 311 — — Dominican Republic 139 — 500 176 — 550 65 — Ecuador 1,046 362 480 783 90 965 916 383 E1 Salvador 13 — 560 — — 591 205 — French Guiana — — 1,590 — — n.a. — — Guatemala 4 — 330 — — 405 — — Guyana 1,724 1,433 1,340 1,555 1,080 736 419 41 Haiti 1 — 1,590 19 — 2,949 8 — Honduras 2,272 2,029 2,120 6,670 6,335 2,042 3,446 3,090 Mexico 34,334 — 310 2,827 — 437 517 — Nicaragua 49 — 1,670 64 — 1,627 9 — Panama 62 — 220 43 — 415 49 — Paraguay 3,263 — 320 1,281 — 323 207 — Peru 676 — 1,010 4,427 — 1,996 476 — Surinam 1 — 310 — — 171 — — Uruguay 11 — 70 16 — 62 14 — Venezuela 2 — 90 3 — n.a. — — The content of country bilateral programmes is decided in consultation with recipient governments and various conditions apply. It is our normal practice to tie bilateral aid to the purchase of British goods and services although this does not apply to loans from the Commonwealth Development Corporation. Grants from the aid and trade provision are provided in association with commercial credits and further and specific conditions apply. Britain does not normally attach specific conditions to aid made available through multilateral institutions.
Figures for multilateral aid attributable to Britain reflect the proportion of the British contribution to the general resources of the organisations concerned and not for use in individual countries.
242WOverseas Development Administration has been appointed, on temporary promotion, to the post for the next two to three years. The aim will be for this officer to be succeeded in due course by an officer with a scientific background.