§ Brian WhiteTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development to which organisations the Government gave money for mine clearance in 2003–04; and how much was given in each case. [164325]
§ Hilary BennI attach the following table showing the actual spend by DFID for Humanitarian Mine Action in 2003–2004. These programmes cover demining programmes, contributions to the various United Nations Organisations that cover mine action and programmes covering research and the provision of knowledge.
figures. The following table details figures available for poverty levels in individual countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Income Poverty and Population $1 a day poverty line Percentage of population below1 Year of survey Number of People below (Millions)2 Burundi 58.4 1998 4.1 Cameroon 33.4 1996 5.1 Cote d'Ivoire 12.3 1995 2.0 Ethiopia 81.9 1999–2000 53.9 Gambia 59.3 1998 0.8 Ghana 44.8 1999 8.8 Kenya 23.0 1997 7.1 Malawi 41.7 1997–1998 4.4 Mozambique 37.9 1996 6.8 Nigeria 70.2 1997 91.2 Senegal 26.3 1995 2.6 South Africa [...]2 1995 — Uganda 82.2 1996 18.7 1The percentage of population living below the commonly used international $1 a day standard, measured in 1993 international prices and adjusted for local currency using purchasing power parities.
2The number of people living below the $1 a day standard, measured in 1993 international prices and adjusted for local currency using purchasing power parities.
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The Department for International Development's Report on Statistics for International Development 1998–99 to 2002–03.Information on the number of children in sub-Saharan Africa living in poverty is not available from official international sources. However, a UNICEF sponsored research project produced data for children living in absolute poverty in 21 African countries. The results of the study are set out in the following table.
Absolute Poverty Among Children3: country data Child ([...]18)population (000s) (2000) Percentage in absolute poverty Benin 3,360 74.7 Burkina Faso 6,457 84.0 Cameroon 7,453 54.3 Central African Republic 1,844 65.4 Cote d'Ivore 7,943 47.3 Ethiopia 32,456 94.0 Ghana 9,303 47.0 Guinea 4,145 71.1 Kenya 15,705 J35.8 Malawi 6,002 74.6 Mozambique 9,231 76.3 Namibia 884 69.8 Nigeria 59,108 52.6 Rwanda 3,941 86.9 Senegal 4,804 39.4 South Africa 17,589 24.3 Tanzania 18,258 78.1 Togo 2,310 61.9 Uganda 13,062 85.4 Zambia 5,571 56.8 Zimbabwe 6,645 45.3 1UNICEF have defined absolute poverty as: "a condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only income but also access to social services". Source:
UNICEF sponsored research paper "Child Poverty in the Developing World" by David Gordon et al, The Policy Press 2003These figures show the unacceptable levels of poverty affecting millions of children and their families in Sub-Saharan Africa. We are committed to reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and to assisting countries to make progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, including halving the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day by 2015. The Department for International Development's bilateral programme in sub-Saharan Africa will increase to £1 billion by 2005–2006, (up from around £650 million a year in 2002).