Developing Countries: Malnutrition

(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent specifically to reduce the number of malnourished children in the developing world; and which 10 countries are the largest recipients of such funding.


Answered by
Baroness Featherstone Portrait
Baroness Featherstone
This question was answered on 9th July 2014

Between 2010 and 2012 DFID spent a total of £740 million (US$1.27 billion) on nutrition programmes of which £86 million (US$148 million) was spent on nutrition-specific programmes. The 10 largest recipients of nutrition specific spend were: India, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Yemen, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Nepal. Full details and analysis are available in the independent Development Initiatives' Report “DFID's aid spending for nutrition: 2010 to 2012” which is published on its website.

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