Written question asked by Derek Wyatt (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 March 2010. It was answered by Michael John Foster (Labour) on Monday, 1 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Bangladesh: Overseas Aid

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development to what projects and programmes he has allocated funding for the development of micropayment transaction systems in Bangladesh in the last five years.

Answer: The Department for International Development (DFID) has funded the £13.4 million Remittances and Payments Partnership (RPP) project since 2006. RPP is helping to modernise Bangladesh's payment systems, including supporting the legal framework for micropayment transactions and reducing the costs of remittances for the poor. A challenge fund under RPP has supported both piloting and scaling up of innovative micropayment transaction systems.DFID has not supported any other such projects or programmes in Bangladesh in the last five years.

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