§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the dates of forthcoming consultative group meetings for developing countries convened by the World bank or the United Nations Development Programme and the countries which will be discussed at each meeting.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe latest information we have on aid co-ordination meetings planned for the rest of 1993 is as follows:
- March: Laos, Philippines, Romania
- April: Senegal, Zambia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
243 - May: Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Uganda, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Mongolia
- June: Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Tanzania, India, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan
- July: Sri Lanka
- Autumn: Ethiopia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Nepal
Dates to be determined: Nigeria, Vietnam, Lebanon, Russia, Ukraine, Bolivia.
The timing is subject to agreement in all cases with the Government concerned and slippage may occur because of unforeseen political or economic developments.
§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what actions the United Kingdom executive director of the World bank has taken to ensure that developing country non-governmental organisations are fully consulted on the environmental and social impact of World bank projects and structural adjustment loans.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydWe have consistently supported the World bank's policy of encouraging greater openness and consultation by its borrowers with local non-governmental organisations—NGOs. The bank requires prospective borrowers to make an environmental assessment, which is carried out at an early stage of project design, available to affected groups and local NGOs and to carry out meaningful consultations with them.