Page 8 Benin, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Eouatorial Guinea, Gbana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kiribat,i, Lesotho, Liberia, !4adagascar, !4ozambioue, Sierra Leone, Swazilandr Uqanda and Vanuatu. t{orld Bank 25. Kiribati and Tuvalu are not rnembers of the Bank. Chad, the Comoros' the Gambia, Nicaragua and Vanuaeu are members but did not negotiate loans for the fiscal year 1985, alttrough tbere are ongoing loans and projects which have been reflected in previous reports. New loans were made in fiscal year 1985 to the remainder of the countries covered in this rePort. International MonetarY Fund 26. In the period July 1984 to July 1985, I!{F had stand-by arrangements with the Central African Republic, Ghana, Liberia, tqadagascar and Sierra Leone. Purchases under the Compensatory Financing Facility were made during the period by Ghana. Negotiations for use of 8'und resources under new arrangements were in progress with Chad and Equatorial Guinea. 27. Technical assistance was provided to Cape Verde, Chad, the Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Gui.nea, tlre Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, [uadagascar, Mozambigue, Nicaragua, Sao Tone and Principe, Sierra Leone and Swaziland. Areas for possible Fund technical assistance were being discussed with l4ozambique. Uni.versal PostaI Union 28. In the 1985-1986 period, UPU oas providing or plans to provi.de assistance ln the form of sbort-term tellowships, consultancy missions or eguipnent to all countries with special economic assistance programmes. International Telecommunication Union 29. The activities carried out by the Technical Co-operation Department, of ITU in the specific countries covered in the report for the year 1984 have almost toithout exception been executed within the framework of UNDP (with indicative planning figure (IPF) or least-developed-country financinq), cost-sharing of trust fund . projects. The ITU's regular programmes of technical assistance is very nodest and has been estabtished to respond to certain specific clemands. The assistance
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the development assistance provided to various countries in Africa and the Pacific. The focus is on financial and technical assistance, with mentions of loans, grants, and projects in areas such as agriculture, education, and infrastructure. The report also highlights the involvement of international organizations such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Universal Postal Union, and International Telecommunication Union. Given the scope and content of the report, it seems most likely to fall under the categories related to economic development, international cooperation, and infrastructure.

**Category**
Economic development, Transport and communication