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	date	28/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Malawi: Inflation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of high inflation in Malawi.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	24743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Malawi has one of the highest rates of inflation in Africa: double digit inflation is commonplace. High inflation, alongside high fiscal deficits, debt and interest rates, are lowering business confidence and crowding out private investment. Social services are being delivered from a constrained budget with high levels of government borrowing. Poor harvests in 2015 and poor rainfall due to the ongoing El Nino are affecting the national economy and Malawi is now facing its worst food insecurity crisis in a decade. The UK and international partners are responding.</p><p>DFID Malawi works closely with other development partners, in particular the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to monitor the macroeconomic situation in Malawi. The IMF’s Article IV Consultation in December 2015 concluded that <em>“an appropriately tight fiscal policy is needed to support monetary policy actions aimed at placing inflation on a downward trajectory.”</em> DFID is working with the World Bank to inform the Government of Malawi’s next Development Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/02/2016 15:58:36 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

448731

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Malawi: Malnutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to address the prevalence of hunger in Malawi.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	24744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>DFID has a significant programme of ongoing support in health, education, agriculture, water and sanitation and economic development, particularly in rural areas and with the private sector, for growth, jobs, incomes and food insecurity. We support increasing access to justice for women and vulnerable groups, accountability and governance reforms.</p><p>The UK was one of the first development partners to respond to Malawi’s international appeal for emergency aid in October 2015. The UK has now committed £14.5m through partners including the World Food Programme, UNICEF and an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) consortium led by Save the Children. This support includes:</p><ul><li>Food for over 800,000 people, including pre-positioning of food, nutrition supplies and livestock vaccines.</li><li>Cash transfers for up to 450,000 people who live near functioning markets but do not have the means to purchase food</li><li>Mass screening of up to 800,000 children to identify urgent nutritional support needs</li><li>Specialist supplies for up to 75,000 children and others suffering from acute malnutrition</li><li>Vital protection support to vulnerable people, including women and girls, in displacement and refugee camps</li></ul> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/02/2016 15:58:57 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West