HC Deb 28 October 2002 vol 391 cc531-2W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 4 December 2001,Official Report, column 145W, on export credits, if she will list the 63 poorest developing countries referred to; and if she will make a statement. [75217]

Ms Hewitt

ECGD support for the poorest developing countries is restricted to those projects that contribute to the social and economic development and do not harm the debt position of the destination country. The "productive expenditure" criteria apply to those countries only eligible for concessional loans from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA-only countries). There are currently 65 such countries which are listed:

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Angola
  • Armenia
  • Bangladesh
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • C.A.R.
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Chad
    • 532W
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of
  • Congo,Republic of
  • Cote D'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Laos
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Rwanda
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen, Republic of
  • Zambia.

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