Written Answer
Tuvalu: Aid Sources
asked Her Majesty's Government:What financial aid the colony of Tuvalu is now receiving and, after attaining independence, can expect to receive from sources other than Great Britain; and towards what specific projects such aid is aimed.
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| Expenditure | 1977–78 | Pledges or allocation | Main Projects | |
| Australia | A dollars | 430,000 | 1,100,000 for 1978–79; but thereafter 400,000 per annum at 1977 prices | Deep water berth Marine Training School. |
| New Zealand | NZ dollars | 60,000 | 100,000 for 1978–79 plus a regional programme | Pest control Communications and Navigational Aids; Reef blasting. |
| European Development Fund— | ||||
| (a) Territorial allocation | EUA | — | 565,000 up to 1980 | Electricity station; Outer island development. |
| (b) Stabex | 64,417 | |||
Report details of the aid of the main donors of capital aid, Australia, New Zealand and the European Development Fund. Tuvalu also receives technical co-operation from the United Nations Specialised Agencies, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Development Assistance Team, the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation, the South Pacific Commission and the United States of America.
The following are details of the aid programmes of the main donors to Tuvalu, other than the United Kingdom:
House adjourned at eighteen minutes before four o'clock.