DevTracker Country Burma Summary Page

Burma’s aim is to harness its potential to help create a better governed, more peaceful and prosperous Burma that uses its increased wealth to improve education and health services, and reduce poverty. The remarkable process of change has given the UK a great opportunity to transform the lives of vulnerable people in Burma.

Top priorities

promoting good governance, including improved transparency and the rule of law
promoting inclusive growth and responsible investment
strengthening parliament and elected bodies at sub-national levels
helping the process of peace building and ethnic reconciliation
supporting productive and sustainable livelihoods and improved access to better health and education services

Further resources

Burma Operational Plan
Burma page on GOV.UK website

Key Info

Project budget approved for 2017/2018

Sum of project budget for this financial year, as approved to date and this figure may change over time. Some values may not be included if projects are in an active procurement phase.

£54,218,631
Project budget as % of DFID budget

Total approved project budget for this financial year as a percentage of the total approved project budget for DFID.

0.75%
Active Projects 17
Population (2015, source World Bank): 53.9 million
Fertility rate (2014, source World Bank): 2.2
GDP growth rate (2015, source World Bank): 7.29%

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Sector groups as a percentage of country budget

Project budget total by year

Budgets approved at a project level to date. This may be different from the overall operational plan budget for Burma.