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