Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is continuing to take part in joint development programmes with the World Bank in Yemen.

The World Bank suspended its operations and projects in Yemen in March 2015. More detailed information on the suspension can be found at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/03/11/world-bank-suspends-operations-in-yemen

As a result of the World Bank’s decision and the increase in conflict in Yemen, DFID suspended its “Yemen Mutual Accountability Framework” and “Building an Evidence Base “programmes with the World Bank. We are however continuing to work with the World Bank on a Country Economic Memorandum for Yemen which is nearing finalisation.

More detailed information about all DFID-funded programmes in Yemen can be found at: http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/countries/YE/.