Developing Countries (Aid)

HC Deb 25 January 1993 vol 217 c590W

Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the net flow of private resources to developing countries for each year since 1979; and for each of these years what was the level of aid paid to these countries and the level of their debt interest payments.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The figures are as follows:

($ billion)	Net Private Flows to Developing Countries	Aid (oda) to Developing Countries	Interest and Dividends Paid by Developing Countries
1979	54.0	31.1	n/a
1980	66.2	37.8	63.6
1981	74.3	36.8	86.4
1982	58.2	33.8	95.3
1983	47.9	33.7	90.6
1984	31.6	34.7	89.5
1985	30.2	37.0	92.8
1986	26.5	44.5	80.3
1987	33.7	48.4	73.6
1988	43.9	51.5	93.4
1989	48.6	51.4	93.4
1990	52.6	63.0	93.3
11991	55.4	62.0	96.1

Source: OECD.

¹ Provisional figure.