Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Non-affiliated) on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 February 2018. It was answered by Lord Henley (Conservative) on Monday, 5 February 2018 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Global Challenges Research Fund
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what countries receive Official Development Assistance through the Global Challenges Research Fund.
- Answer
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The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) mainly supports projects where the benefits are to multiple countries. In 2016, the latest date for which figures are available, 92.4% of GCRF spend was reported as non-country specific ODA spend with no single benefitting country. Of the remaining 7.6%, the highest spend was assigned to regional projects in Africa and to Tanzania, Cote D’Ivoire, South Africa, Guatemala and Peru.
In 2016, 12% of GCRF spend was categorised as “Medical Research”, we do not hold data on subcategories within this area.
Secondary information
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- HL5260
- Session
- 2017-19
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- Yes
- Subjects
- Global Challenges Research Fund
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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