§ Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bayasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their definition of "middle-income countries"; and which countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean fall within that definition. [HL5565]
§ Baroness AmosThe definition is based on Gross National Income (GNI) per capita as calculated by the World Bank. The income ranges are revised annually. For the purposes of DfID expenditure for the years 2003–04 to 2005–06 middle-income countries will be those with a GNI per capita in 2001 of more than 745 dollars but less than 9,206 dollars. The following Latin American and Caribbean countries fall within this definition: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.