Prosperity Fund
(asked on 1st December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official development assistance funding has been allocated to the Prosperity Fund for 2016-17 by (a) recipient country and (b) sector.
For the first year of the fund, 2016-17, the Cross-government Prosperity Fund has allocated Official Development Assistance across a range of programmes, focusing primarily on countries, but also focusing on certain key sectors.
Countries
Approximately £39 million was allocated by country, broken down as follows:
AFRICA | AMERICAS | ||
Kenya | £651,000 | Argentina | £76,000 |
Mozambique | £81,000 | Brazil | £3.8 m |
Nigeria | £752,000 | Chile | £846,000 |
South Africa | £471,000 | Colombia | £923,000 |
Southern Africa Region | £384,000 | Mexico | £4.6 m |
Africa Region | £769,000 | Peru | £1.5 m |
ASIA PACIFIC | EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | ||
Burma | £407,000 | EECA Region | £230,000 |
China | £9.8 m | Kazakhstan | |
Indonesia | £634,000 | MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | |
Malaysia | £584,000 | Iran | £307,000 |
Philippines | £646,000 | Jordan | £1.5 m |
SE Asia Region | £946,000 | Lebanon | £1.5 m |
Thailand | £169,000 | SOUTH ASIA | |
Vietnam | £880,000 | India | £5.4 m |
Sectors
Just over £10 million was allocated to sectors and programmes for 2016/17 as follows:
- Anti-Corruption: £5m
- Commonwealth Marine Economies: £5.6m