§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the total ODA budget, bilateral and multilateral, for 1991–92 has been committed for direct support for good government in developing countries; what is the level of funding; and in which countries Her Majesty's Government are supporting such projects.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWe plan to spend around £30 million of bilateral aid1 this year in direct support of "good government" activities. This is 3 per cent. of total bilateral aid. Countries in which we are funding such projects include:
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- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Bangladesh
- India
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Sri Lanka
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- Montserrat
- St. Kitts
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent
- Turks and Caicos
- Eastern Caribbean
- Mexico
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- St. Helena
- Anguilla
- Antigua
- Barbados
- Belize
- British Virgin Islands
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
We also plan to provide in excess of £140 million—l4 per cent. of total bilateral aid—this year for balance of payments support to countries implementing IMF-approved economic reform programmes, which also fall within "good government".
1 The data required to assess our multilateral aid expenditure on good government projects this year are not available.