Bangladesh
International Development
Nick de Bois (Enfield North, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much and what proportion of her Department's aid to Bangladesh is implemented through the Bangladeshi Government and its connected agencies.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
The 2012-13 budget for programmes implemented by DFID Bangladesh is £197 million. Of this, £19 million is allocated for the Government-led Health Sector Development Programme and £20 million for the Government-led Education Development Programme. In addition DFID also allocated £3.5 million to the ‘connected’ agencies of the Micro-Finance Regulatory Authority and Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) to strengthen the micro-finance sector.
In total these amount to 22% of the DFID Bangladesh allocation for 2012-13.
