To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list those countries that are classified as poor countries which have had national overseas debts written off within the last 12 months. [80641]
We classify poor countries as those listed in Part 1 of the Development Assistance Committee List of Aid Recipients. In the 1998–99 financial year the following countries benefited from debt write-offs for outstanding aid loans made by my Department.
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Bangladesh Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Cote D'Ivoire
Dominica
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
Honduras
Indonesia
Jamaica
Jordan
Laos
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Peru
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
St. Lucia
Sudan
Turks and Cairos Islands
Tonga
Western Samoa
Zambia.