§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her estimate is of overseas aid expenditure per capita in developing countries in each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement. [26694]
§ Clare ShortOfficial development assistance (ODA) per capita for all donors combined is given in the table. This shows a decline from US$14.1 in 1990 to a low of US$10.4 per capita in 1997, followed by a rise to US$11.0 per capita in 1999, the latest year for which figures are available
US$ Per capita ODA 1990 14.1 1991 14.8 1992 14.4 1993 13.0 1994 13.6 1995 13.1 1996 12.3 1997 10.4 1998 10.8 1999 11.0 Source:
OECD-Development Assistance Committee statistics
137WThe table shows figures in current prices for each year shown. The drop in per capita. ODA is steeper if expressed in constant price terms.
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of state for International Development whether it is her policy to raise overseas aid expenditure as a share of gross national product to the United Kingdom target of 0.7 to gross national product; by what date she expects to meet this target; and if she will make a statement. [26689]
§ Clare ShortThe Government are committed to the target of raising official development assistance to 0.7 per cent. of Gross National Income. Between 1974 and 1979 the proportion increased from 0.40 per cent, to 0.51 per cent. From 1980 to 1996 the figure fell to 0.27 per cent. Since as a share of Gross. National Income to 0.32 per cent. and are committed to reaching 0.33 per cent by 2003–04. Progress after that will be decided in the current and subsequent spending rounds.
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the secretary of State for International Development what her estimate is of the expenditure of her Department on overseas development as a percentage of United Kingdom gross national product in each year from 1996–97 to 2003–04; and if she will make a statement. [26688]
§ Clare ShortOfficial development assistance (ODA) is measured in calendar year. The UK ODA/GNI ratio for the calendar years from 1996 to 2000, the most recent for which data are available, is shown below.
UK ODA/GNI ratio 1996 0.27 1997 0.26 1998 0.27 1999 0.24 2000 0.32 We remain fully committed to the UN 0.7 per cent. ODA/GNI target. We have set out our plans for the years to 2003–04 and, as these show, official development assistance as a proportion of GNI will rise to 0.33 per cent. in 2003–04. Initial estimates of DFID expenditure for 2001 indicate that the ratio will remain around 0.32.
GNI (Gross National Income) is the new name for GNP. The name has been changed to better reflect the information included within the figure.
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for International Department on overseas development assistance in each of the poorest 20 countries in the world for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement. [26690]
§ Clare ShortTotal DFID bilateral expenditure in the poorest 20 countries in the world over the last five financial years is as follows:
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£000 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Benin 30 0 88 82 37 Burkina Faso 204 156 305 267 234 Burundi 1,560 1,602 324 912 1,547 Chad 142 153 — — 270 Congo, Rep. 107 6,911 552 1,322 3,096 Eritrea 1,210 1,200 868 438 2,385
£000 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Ethiopia 7,931 7,357 8,733 6,969 16,194 Guinea-Bissau 6 76 8 — 120 Kenya 26,428 29,434 33,143 27,051 51,923 Madagascar 399 487 410 943 561 Malawi 33,554 25,693 47,251 46,687 56,941 Mali 523 697 331 205 411 Mozambique 22,198 21,943 26,281 43,893 41,281 Niger 112 151 162 177 150 Nigeria 7,866 9,345 11,215 14,596 17,123 Rwanda 9,704 6,198 13,642 14,394 32,878 Sierra Leone 10,619 3,133 8,948 29,914 35,022 Tanzania 48,191 42,196 50,105 64,323 68,687 Yemen, Rep. 1,975 1,049 1,048 1,488 2,647 Zambia 17,399 16,183 14,807 14,293 55,934 Total 190,158 173,864 218,231 267,954 387,441 Source:
Statistics on International Development 1996–97 to 2000–01
This increase in the amount of UK aid spent on the poorest countries is in line with the Government's policy, set out in the 1997 white paper on International Development, to refocus our efforts on the elimination of poverty. Poorest countries are defined as having the lowest GNI/capita in the most recent year for which data are available (1999).