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<p>Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) is recorded and reported on a calendar year
basis. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is supporting economic
development and social welfare in developing countries through a number of programmes.
The Newton Fund builds science and innovation partnerships between the UK and 15 emerging
economies; and the new Global Challenges Research Fund will help to put the UK at
the forefront of research into some of the world's greatest challenges. BIS spent
£48.5m in 2013, and £79m in 2014. This spend is broken down by recipient countries
in the table. Where spend cannot be attributed to an individual country, it is attributed
to appropriate groups. Details on 2015 calendar year ODA spend will be published in
the National Statistics publication ‘Provisional UK ODA as a proportion of Gross National
Income (GNI)’ on 1 April 2016, at a department level. Country level ODA information
will be published in Statistics on International Development due for release in October
2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Department for Business
Innovation and Skills Overseas Development Aid 2013 to 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Amounts
Extended (£thousands)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa, regional</p></td><td><p>3,987</p></td><td><p>9,840</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia, regional</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>2,885</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Developing countries, unspecified</p></td><td><p>19,868</p></td><td><p>33,968</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>9,610</p></td><td><p>9,347</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>598</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>1,322</p></td><td><p>5,407</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>1,714</p></td><td><p>2,342</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>1,819</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mali</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oceania, regional</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sao Tome & Principe</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>1,701</p></td><td><p>1,573</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia, regional</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>641</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South of Sahara, regional</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>662</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>4,767</p></td><td><p>5,547</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48,544</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>79,027</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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