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Appendix to item 19
Report for the 24th General Assembly
FIG Working Week in Seoul, 6-11 May 2001
SUBSCRIPTIONS 2003
THE IMPACT OF REDUCED FEES FOR MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS FROM LOW INCOME AND LOWER
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
General
The World Bank classifies all World Bank member countries (181), and all
other economies with populations more than 30,000 (206 total). Economies are
divided according to 1999 GNP per capita to four categories: low income (US$755
or less); lower middle income (US$756–US$2,995); upper middle income (US$2,996–US$9,265);
and high income (US$9,266 or more).
The Bureau’s motion to the General Assembly is that member associations
coming from countries in categories low income (GNP US$755 or less) and lower
middle income (GNP US$756–US$ 2,995) should get 50 per cent reduction on
the per capita subscription.
The countries in these groups are:
Low income economies (64)
Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Dem.
Rep. Congo, Congo, Rep., Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia,
Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Dem. Rep. of
Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,
Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan,
Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Rep. of Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Lower-middle-income economies (55)
Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Arab Rep. Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Guatemala,
Guyana, Honduras, Islamic Rep. of Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kiribati, Latvia, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Fed.
Sts. Micronesia, Morocco, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia,
Turkey, Vanuatu, West Bank and Gaza and Yugoslavia, FR (Serbia/Montenegro).
Implications to FIG income
FIG member associations in Low–income economies are:
- Armenia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ukraine, Vietnam, Zambia and
Zimbabwe.
The estimated subscriptions for these member associations for 2003 are Swiss
francs 14,117. The proposal of 50 per cent reduction (and minimum of Sw. frs
200) will mean that these associations have to pay Swiss francs 7,105 in 2003.
The impact to the subscription income will then be about 7,000 Swiss francs.
FIG member associations in Lower-middle-income economies are:
Algeria, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Egypt, Fiji, Jamaica, Latvia,
Lithuania, Fyrom Macedonia, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Russian Federation, Sri
Lanka, Syria, Turkey, Palestinian Authority and Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro).
The estimated subscriptions for these member associations for 2003 are Swiss
francs 35,740. The proposal of 50 per cent reduction (and minimum of Sw. frs
200) will mean that these associations have to pay Swiss francs 18,175 in 2003.
The total impact to the subscription income will be about 17,500 Swiss francs.
The total impact to the subscription income will be about 24,500 Swiss francs
that is about 7 per cent of the estimated subscriptions to be paid by the member
associations in 2003 and about 5 per cent of the estimated income for 2003.
FIG office
3 March 2001
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