§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report showing such information as he has for each developing country on (a) the infant mortality rate, (b) the level of external debt, (c) the net flow of capital in 1986–87 and (d) the percentage change in terms of trade with the United Kingdom on the previous year.
§ Mrs. ChalkerInformation on question(d) could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The answers to questions (a), (b) and (c) are as follows:
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Country Infant Mortality (per 1,000 births) 1985 Total Debt and Liabilities at end December 1986 (US$m) Net flow of capital 1986 (US$m) Afghanistan (1979) 182 1,288 2.6 Algeria 81 24,574 -152.3 Angola 149 1,544 275.9 Anguilla 34 — — Antigua and Barbuda (1983) 8 — — Argentina 34 55,163 4,896.1 Bahamas (1984) 23 1,398 917.4 Bahrain 28 1,316 — Bangladesh 123 8,258 1,429.6 Barbados (1984) 11 581 41.6 Belize 19 175 19.1 Benin 115 1,073 178.7 Bermuda (1984) 7 638 1,048.9 Bhutan 133 17 — Bolivia 117 4,814 304.4 Botswana 71 578 168.7 Brazil 67 115,418 634.6 British Virgin Isles (1984) 12 — — Brunei 26 234 — Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) 144 689 283.7 Burma 66 4,881 413.8 Burundi 118 563 185.8 Cambodia n.a. — — Cameroon 89 3,600 290.7 Cape Verde Iles (1980) 71 — — Cayman Islands 11 166 — Central african Republic 137 435 142.8 Chad 138 179 162.7 Chile 22 23,606 52.5 China 35 26,635 3,487.8 Colombia 48 13,854 1,125.1 253W
Country Infant Mortality (per 1,000 births) 1985 Total Debt and Liabilities at end December 1986(US$m) Net flow of capital 1986 (US$m) Comoros 88 161 47.1 Congo 77 3,589 335.9 Cook Islands 8 3 — Costa Rica 19 4,487 320.2 Cuba 17 9,310 -39.2 Cyprus 17 2,393 174.0 Djibouti .. 250 79.0 Dominica (1978) 20 91 — Dominican Republic 70 3,417 377.5 Ecuador 67 8,792 1,009.6 Egypt 93 38,396 2,620.5 E1 Salvador 65 1,964 327.5 Equatorial Guinea 137 164 — Ethiopia 168 2,246 690.2 Falkland Islands .. — — Fiji (1984) 16 487 47.2 French Guiana (1983) 19 75 — French Polynesia (1983) 23 — — Gabon 229 2,191 309.7 Gambia 174 314 113.4 Ghana 94 3,312 429.8 Gibraltar (1984) 10 196 — Greece 16 27,292 -150.9 Guadeloupe (1983) 14 105 — Guatemala 65 3,911 132.7 Guinea 153 1,530 180.6 Guinea-Bissau 143 318 71.8 Guyana (1978) 46 970 47 Haiti 123 765 173.5 Honduras 76 3,263 299.6 Hong Kong 9 8,260 -1,602.4 India 89 43,520 3,762.2 Indonesia 96 42,240 1,655.3 Iran 111 4,133 -328.2 Iraq 73 12,905 -62 Israel 14 33,446 2,295.4 Ivory Coast n.a. — — Jamaica 20 4,454 105.4 Jordan 49 5,205 593.8 Kenya 91 4,836 685.2 Kiribati (1971) 49 11 13.7 Korea South 27 54,375 419.9 Kuwait 22 8,887 — Laos 122 565 48.4 Lebanon 48 932 141.7 Lesotho 106 194 92.1 Liberia 127 1,553 -61.1 Libya 90 2,287 — Macao (1984) 12 914 — Madagascar 109 2,958 320.7 Malawi 156 1,122 229.1 Malaysia 28 22,914 49.0 Maldive Republic (1984) 68 85 — Mali 174 1,790 364.6 Malta 16 350 — Martinique (1984) 14 114 — Mauritania 132 1,807 175.4 Mauritius 25 695 67.7 Mayotte n.a. — — Mexico 50 109,625 1,287.2 Montserrat (1982) 8 5 — Morocco 90 18,313 1,011.9 254W
Country Infant Mortality (per 1,000 births) 1985 Total Debt and Liabilities at end December 1986 (US$m) Net flow of capital 1986 (US$m) Mozambique 123 1,390 358.5 Namibia 116 9 — Nauru (1975) 19 78 — Nepal 133 789 330.8 Netherlands Antilles .. 1,084 — New Caledonia (1983) 11 — — Nicaragua 69 5,715 171.8 Niger 140 1,458 294.5 Nigeria 109 29,100 913.2 Niue Island .. — — Oman 109 2,958 — Pakistan 115 15,177 973.8 Panama 25 5,906 1,844.2 Papua New Guinea 68 2,496 220.0 Paraguay 43 2,127 112.3 Peru 94 17,700 70.5 Philippines 48 27,230 1,118.4 Pitcairn Islands .. — — Portugal 19 17,877 -516.5 Quatar 38 630 — Reunion 13 — — Rwanda 127 457 217.5 Sao Tome and Principe 62 83 — Saudi Arabia 61 14,299 — Senegal 137 3,478 675.9 Seychelles (1984) 14 144 35.0 Sierra Leone 175 641 91.9 Singapore 9 4,426 -121.8 Solomon Islands (1969) 52 — — Somalia 152 1,777 613.5 Sri Lanka 36 4,568 547.6 St. Helena 12 — — St. Kitts and Nevis (1984) 28 44 — St. Lucia (1984) 18 41 — St. Pierre and Miquelon (1981) 9 6 — St. Vincent (1983) 37 34 — Sudan (1983) 112 8,616 884.3 Suriname (1978) 30 58 75.8 Swaziland 129 270 43.9 Syria 54 4,527 925.9 Taiwan n/a 12,693 -483.0 Tanzania 110 4,232 -649.4 Thailand 43 18,743 551.7 Togo 97 1,212 135.1 Tokelau Islands 0.6 — — Tonga 5 29 — Trinidad and Tobago 22 1,850 5.9 Tunisia 78 6,696 326 Turkey 84 27,641 1,869.1 Turks and Caicos Islands (1982) 25 29 — Tuvalu n/a — — Uganda 108 1,191 199.2 United Arab Emirates 35 9,210 — Uruguay 29 3,935 61 US Pacific Islands n/a — — Vanuatu .. 181 -28.6 Venezuela 37 42,546 — Vietnam 76 7,907 147.2 Wallis and Futuna (1970) 41 4 — Western Samoa 33 — 23 Yemen North (YAR) 154 2,023 233.7 Yemen South (PDRY) 145 2,633 42.2 Yugoslavia 27 23,448 40.6
Country Infant Mortality (per 1,000 births) 1985 Total Debt and Liabilities at end December 1986 (US$m) Net flow of capital 1986 (US$m) Zaire 102 6,876 634.7 Zambia 84 5,158 670.6 Zimbabwe 77 2,375 217.0 Sources:
Infant Mortality Rates:
Social Indicators of Development 1987 World Bank & International Finance Corporation.United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1985.Total Debt and Liabilities:
External Debt Statistics OECD end December 1986.Net Flow of capital:
Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries OECD 1986.Total official and private flows. Official includes official development assistance and other official flows, both bilateral and multilateral; bilateral flows are those from DAC member countries and OPEC countries; multilateral includes Aid agencies.