§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many(a) investments were held and (b) new investments were made by the CDC in (i) South Asia, (ii) Sub-Saharan Africa, (iii) countries defined by the CDC as poorer and (iv) in total in (A) 1998, (B) 1999, (C) 2000 and (D) 2001, broken down by country. [52251]
§ Clare ShortThe information is as follows:
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Country Poorer (yes/no) 1998 1999 2000 2001 El Salvador y 1 1 2 1 Grenada n 1 1 1 1 Guatemala y 3 4 5 3 Guyana y 6 6 8 8 Honduras y 9 9 7 6 Jamaica y 10 9 6 5 Mexico n 0 0 1 1 Nicaragua y 4 5 5 4 Peru n 0 1 2 3 St. Lucia n 1 1 1 1 Trinidad and Tobago n 3 2 1 1 Other—Americas y 1 0 0 1 China y 0 0 3 4 Fiji n 4 4 2 0 Indonesia y 18 19 13 12 Laos y 1 1 1 1 Malaysia n 4 4 3 3 Mauritius n 0 0 0 1 Papua New Guinea y 12 11 11 9 Philippines y 10 8 9 10 Singapore n 0 0 1 0 Solomon Islands y 4 4 3 3 Thailand n 13 13 12 11 Vanuatu y 2 2 2 2 Vietnam y 2 2 1 1 Other—Asia Pacific n 0 0 1 1 (b) Number of new investment South Asia — 10 4 7 8 Sub-Saharan Africa — 51 43 32 31 Poorer — 73 60 60 40 Total — 96 90 86 63 Bangladesh y 0 1 1 2 India y 6 3 3 2 Sri Lanka y 2 0 2 3 Pakistan y 1 0 1 1 Other South Asia y 1 0 0 0 Total South Asia — 10 4 7 8 Malawi y 4 4 1 0 Mozambique y 3 2 1 0 Zambia y 3 3 2 1 Zimbabwe y 4 3 1 1 Kenya y 5 4 4 3 Esca Regional Fund (South Africa) y 1 0 0 0 Mauritius n 1 0 1 2 Tanzania y 11 6 9 5 Uganda y 5 2 1 1 Swaziland y 2 3 2 2 South Africa n 8 9 5 13 Cote D'Ivoire y 1 2 2 0 Ghana y 2 5 2 2 Nigeria y 0 0 1 1 Sierra Leone y 1 0 0 0 Total Sub-Saharan Africa — 51 43 32 31 Papua New Guinea y 3 2 2 2 Solomon Islands y 1 0 0 1 Barbados n 0 4 1 1 British Virgin Islands n 0 1 4 2 Cayman Islands n 0 0 1 0 Cuba y 2 3 0 0 Dominica n 1 3 0 0 Guyana y 0 1 1 1 Jamaica y 1 1 1 0 St. Lucia n 1 0 0 0 Argentina n 0 0 2 1 Belize n 3 5 2 1 Bolivia y 3 2 2 1 Costa Rica n 7 7 6 2 Dominican Republic y 4 1 6 2 Ecuador y 1 1 0 0
Country Poorer (yes/no) 1998 1999 2000 2001 El Salvador y 0 1 1 1 Guatemala y 0 1 1 1 Honduras y 1 0 0 0 Peru n 0 1 1 1 Latin America y 0 0 0 1 Mexico n 0 0 1 0 Nicaragua y 1 2 0 0 Asia Pacific y 0 0 1 0 China y 0 0 3 2 Indonesia y 0 4 6 2 Malaysia n 0 0 0 0 Laos y 1 0 1 0 Philippines y 2 3 2 2 Singapore n 0 0 1 0 Thailand n 2 0 1 0 Vietnam y 1 0 0 0 Note:
Numbers of individual investments do not reflect benefits to poorer developing countries overall.