§ Sir Thomas ArnoldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those African countries currently participating in International Monetary Fund and/or World bank structural adjustment programmes.
§ Mr. NelsonTwenty-five African countries currently have IMF and/or World bank structural adjustment programmes. Sixteen have IMF programmes: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, The Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethopia, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. In addition, Sierra Leone and Zambia have rights accumulation programmes of structural adjustment which earn rights towards IMF resources. Twenty have World bank programmes: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Egypt, Ethopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.