To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which countries will receive funding from the £100 million funding recently announced by the Government to improve transport links in east and southern Africa. (270252)

Funding will be used to improve transport links and regional trade infrastructure along the north-south corridor in east and southern Africa. Countries linked by the north-south corridor are the Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Work to improve trade agreements and how these agreements are administrated will also be funded, and will benefit the member states of: the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC).

I also refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement I made on 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 25-26WS.