§ Mr. ReedTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what research her Department has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on Ghana's long-term debt. [34758]
§ Hilary BennDFID has provided occasional technical assistance through "Debt Relief International" (DRI) to the Government of Ghana since 1998 to help them undertake debt sustainability analysis, develop a debt reduction strategy, and build capacity in the Aid and Debt Management Unit of the Ministry of Finance. DFID has not commissioned any separate research, nor commissioned any independent evaluation of the DRI's work in Ghana, although DRI's analysis has been largely verified by the World Bank and IMF during their HIPC related assessments of Ghana's debt sustainability.