Further, 12students fromland-locked developing countries -Bolivia (1), Burundi (4),Malawi(4),Niger(1)andZambia(2)-haveobtained Master QfScience degrees atthe'WorldMartime University (WMU)ainceitsinception in1963. ~national FundforAgricultural Peyelogmlnt 86.Todate,18outof20land-locked developing countries thataremembers Qf IFAPhavebenefited fromSOloansfQr49projects. ThelQanscommitted forthese projects amounttoSDR391.4milliQn, whilerelated grants amQuntto SDR7.7~milliQn, thusmakingagrandtotalofIFADlQansandgrantsof $399.1milliQn. Land-locked African cQuntries received 63.3percentofthis total. Theseprojects havebeenfinanced fromtheregular resources andIFAP's Special PrQgramme forSub-Saharan African Countries Affected byDrought and Desertification. IFAP'sloanshavebeensupplemented byexternal co-financing and contributions byrecipient cQuntries. Thetotalcostoftheseprojects amounts to SDR1,107.15 milliQn. WithfewexceptiQns, theseloanshavebeenextended on highlyconcessional terms. UnitedNatiQnl lodu,trial D.y.l0gment Organizatign 87.UNIDOtechnical as.istance tQtheland-lQcked a~dislanddevelQping countries centres Qnindustrial processing oflocally Gvailablv rawmaterials suchas ~~lles, WQQdindustries, leather andleather productsl prepares studies onthe ~entofindustrial infrastructures suchascentres forindustrial andtheeatablishment ofnational syatems forstandardization andquality con~~. ufindustrial product••UNIPOalloassists intheestablishment and strengthening ofplanning capabilities incarrying outpr.-feasibility and feasibility studies forindustrial promotion andinvestment andstudies ontransfer ofappropriate t.chnology. "Industry tosupport agriCUlture" isanother areaof I •••A/44/588 English Page33 technical co-operation, whichincludes theproduction ofagricultural toolsand implements andfarmmachinery. Furthermore, special programmes dealwiththe integration ofwomenineconomic development andeconomic co-operation among developing countries through theorganization ofsolidarity meetings andindustrial training. C.Summaries ofreplies received fromintergovernmental organizDtions African Development Bank 88.Ofthetotalplanned p~ountofapproximately 545million unitsofaccount covering thetransportation sectorinWestern andCentral Africafortheperiod 1988-1990, theestimated financial contribution considered fortheland-locked countries isapproximately 60million units o~~ccount, whichrepresents nearly 11percentoftheBank'splanned expenditures inthatregion. Ofthe13projects whichweresubmitted totheAdministration Council vftheAfrican Development Bank in1988,8areforthedevelopment oftransport infrastructures ofthesouthern African land-locked countries. Thisrepresents nearly 61percentofthetotal inveQtment inthetransport sectoroftheregion. Thoseprojects are,ofcourse, ofinterest toallninecountries intheregion. 89.Invalueterms,thisisapproximately 54percentofthetotal91million unitsofaccount. TheBank'sa)location tothetransport sectoroftheland-locked countries oftheregionisapproximately 91million unitsofaccount. AndeanDevelopment Corporation 90.Sincethebeginning ofitsactivities until15JUly1989, ~heAndean Development Corporat~~n hasapproved loanstoBolivia fortheexecution of projects, pre-investment andtechnical cc-operation foranamountof $299.93 million. Anadditional amountof$27.61million WDSapproved tofinance Bolivia's external trade. Common~9a1th SecretaLiAt 91.TheCommonwealth Secretariat hasanexpanding technical assistance programme fromwhichsevenland-locked countries benefit, namely, Botswana, Losotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda, Zarnbi! andZimbabwe. Th&areasoftheprogramme include agriculture, industry, h~anresource development, management, health, institution-building andtransport. Theestimated costofalltheprojects in operation in1987/88 isabout£4.5million. Inter-American Peve10pment Bank 92.Eventhoughland-locked statusisnotincluded asatoctorinthecriteria
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing various international organizations and their initiatives to support the economic development of land-locked developing countries. It highlights the financial assistance provided by these organizations, the projects they have funded, and the sectors they have focused on, such as industry, agriculture, and transport. The text also mentions the importance of technical assistance and capacity building in these countries.

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Economic development, Industry, Transport and communication