Subject	Predicate	Object
SG614riu	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	E4Cb62Ce
	answer has answering person	Clare Short
	answer text	Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement about British assistance towardsdevelopment projects in Eastern Europe, with particular reference to Bulgaria. [23016]Clare Short: Our assistance to Eastern Europe is directed through the Know How Fund, which supports transition to pluralistdemocracy and market economies. We are reshaping Know How Fund programmes to give greater emphasis to protecting the poorest and toenabling the widest number of people to share in the fruits of change, as described in our pamphlet "Support for TransitionCountries: A New Strategy", a copy of which I am placing in the Library of the House. In Bulgaria, we shall support the encouragingreforms being pursued by the new government, paying particular attention to the needs of poor and vulnerable groups.
	answer given date	1998-01-19
	answer has answering body	Department for International Development
	written answer has answering body	Department for International Development
Department for International Development	answering body has written answer	SG614riu
Department for International Development	answering body has answer	SG614riu
E4Cb62Ce	question has answer	SG614riu
Clare Short	answering person has answer	SG614riu