§ Dame Judith Hartasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for which developing countries, for what amounts, and at which dates respectively, retrospective terms adjustment has converted loans into grants.
§ Mr. EggarThe following 21 countries, plus the east African community, have benefited from the policy of retrospective terms adjustment in relation to past aid loans:
Country Amount £ million
Date 1 Afghanistan 0.98 13 November 1979 2 Bangladesh 15.67 14 August 1979 3 Botswana 20.69 14 August 1979 4 Egypt 17.80 11 April 1979 5 Ethiopia 2.57 23 July 1984 6 Gambia 5.22 15 June 1979 7 Ghana 50.88 25 June 1985 8 India1 564.16 21 March 1979 9 Indonesia 39.85 11 July 1979 10 Kenya 68.89 15 December 1978 11 Lesotho 0.40 7 June 1979 12 Malawi 30.70 15 June 1979 13 Mozambique 22.50 21 October 1983 14 Nepal 1.97 26 February 1979 15 Pakistan 76.42 26 June 1979 16 Sierra Leone 10.41 8 May 1979 17 Sri Lanka 25.21 24 April 1979 18 Sudan 9.91 2 March 1979 19 Tanzania 3.40 17 April 1979 20 Uganda 16.46 25 January 1982 21 Western Samoa 0.20 4 September 1979 22 East African Community 2.45 1 July 1984 TOTAL 986.74 1 India has continued to make aid loan repayments, but receives an equivalent amount of grant aid to help meet the local cost of development projects.