HC Deb 14 April 1999 vol 329 c232W
14. Dr. Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the linkage of good government criteria to the provision of aid by her Department. [79117]

Clare Short

As the White Paper on International Development makes clear, good governance is essential to the economic and social policies which are necessary to the reduction of poverty. Our country strategies—20 of which have been published so far—apply this to all our programmes.

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