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Proceeding contribution from Lord Boateng (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 1 March 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on International Aid Reviews: Conclusions.

International Aid Reviews: Conclusions

My Lords, there is much to be welcomed in the outcome of this review, not least the new-found emphasis on agriculture, food production and wealth creation. Does the Minister recognise that there will be widespread concern in southern Africa, in particular, at the decision to end the bilateral programme in Lesotho, a small state that has been fragile in the past, and Angola, which is conflict ridden and has many millions of people who continue to live in grinding poverty? Will the Minister assure the House that these two countries in particular will be the subject of concerted effort to improve donor co-ordination, particularly from the multilateral organisations that we fund, and will also be the beneficiaries of the southern African regional programme, within which region Angola and Lesotho quite clearly fall? Will she assure us that resources to that regional programme will be enhanced and will be delivered to those two countries?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
725 c983-4 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Armed conflict Developing countries Development aid Bilateral aid Cameroon China Women Elections Education Iraq Disease control Drinking water India Family planning Poverty Pakistan Mozambique Maternity services Vaccination South Africa Sanitation Sierra Leone Myanmar Afghanistan Russia Serbia Sudan Kosovo Zimbabwe Palestine Nigeria Yemen Uganda Bosnia and Herzegovina Indonesia Ethiopia Niger Bangladesh Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Somalia International Labour Organization UNESCO Malawi Nepal Ghana Liberia Kenya Vietnam Malaria Tanzania Polio Malnutrition Commonwealth Secretariat Zambia Food and Agriculture Organization International Organization for Migration World Health Organization UN Industrial Development Organization UNICEF UN Development Programme Angola Moldova Kyrgyzstan Cambodia The Gambia Burundi Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Tajikistan Lesotho Private Infrastructure Development Group UN-Habitat Bilateral Aid Review Multilateral Aid Review UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction GAVI Alliance
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