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Development Aid

Commons · Question 10915 · Tabled 23 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 1 Nov 2024

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Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to provide Official Development Assistance to countries that have a higher (a) gross domestic product and (b) purchasing parity power than t

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 1 Nov 2024

In line with international rules, the UK provides Official Development Assistance (ODA) only to countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita below $13,846. All recipients of our ODA have a lower GNI per capita than the UK, including when adjust...