§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development by what means her Department assesses the economies of developing countries; what is her Department's policy towards assisting such economies; and if she will make a statement. [56541]
§ Clare Short[holding answer 26 October 1998]: My Department has an experienced group of economic advisers who monitor economic developments in major partner countries. Key assessments of the economies of developing countries are brought together in our Country Strategy Papers. These are developed drawing on the World Bank International Monetary Fund, and other multilateral and national sources of information.
These strategy papers set out how we will build partnerships with poorer countries with the aim of poverty elimination through the promotion of sustainable development, in accordance with the policies in our White Paper, published last year.