International Development written question – answered at on 26 July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the (a) level of poverty, (b) access to basic health care, (c) access to a basic education and (d) level of government corruption in Angola; and what assistance he is giving to Angola.
The last comprehensive assessment of income poverty in Angola was the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (IDR) in 2001, which was carried out by the National Institution of Statistics, financed by the World Bank. This found that 68 per cent. of the population lived below the poverty line, and 26 per cent. in extreme poverty. In 2004, Angola's Ministry of Health stated that 30 to 40 per cent. of the population had access to primary health care. In 2005 the Ministry of Education reported a primary education net enrolment of 62 per cent.
Angola rates poorly on corruption indices, although it has shown some improvement in recent years.
DFID has a bilateral programme of £3 million in 2007-08 for Angola. During this period, Angola will also benefit from other funding sources, including £1.9 million for demining, over £1 million from the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool, and major regional programmes on HIV/AIDS and reintegration of ex-combatants.
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