Country Partnership Framework for Myanmar for the Period FY15-17

World Bank Group

Country Partnership Framework for Myanmar for the Period FY15-17

2015

World Bank Group

The Country Partnership Framework (CPF) will succeed the Myanmar interim strategy note (FY13-14) and be the first full country strategy for Myanmar since 1984. This CPF comes at a time of great opportunity for Myanmar; over the three year period covered in this CPF, the reforms initiated in 2011 have the potential to bring Myanmar into a new era of peace and prosperity. Myanmar s history, ethnic diversity, and geography combine into a unique set of development challenges and opportunities, including (i) emergence from a long period of international isolation; (ii) widespread poverty, despite rich land, water, and mineral resource endowments; (iii) a strategic location in the fastest-growing region in the world; (iv) the role of the military and associated groups in the economy; and (v) long standing armed conflict and ethnic and religious tensions. Myanmar is on a path of fundamental transformation, seeking to address all these challenges and opportunities simultaneously. Along with unique opportunities, the CPF supported program will also face substantial risks. Political risks associated with the elections in late 2015 include a polarization among stakeholders, policy discontinuity, and a slow-down of reforms. The national peace process to resolve decades-old conflicts remains fragile. On the economic front, risks include vulnerability to volatile oil and gas prices, spending pressures, an underdeveloped financial sector, and a weak regulatory framework, while overall capacity constraints may limit the country s ability to effectively manage macro-financial shocks. The design of the WBG program will help manage and mitigate these risks, and the WBG will regularly review risks and opportunities and adapt the CPF during implementation as warranted. A performance and learning review planned for late FY16 will facilitate the adaptation of the WBG program to country developments as needed.

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access to markets accountability agricultural development agricultural productivity agricultural sector bank deposits banks basic needs capacity building civil society civil society organizations climate change corruption debt democracy discrimination diversification economic development economic growth economic policies economic resources empowerment equal rights exchange rate expenditure extreme poverty families farmers financial institutions food prices foreign investment gender gender equality gender mainstreaming growth rate household consumption households human capital human rights income institutional reform insurance international organizations irrigation land degradation land ownership land reform land rights livestock production malnutrition market economies minority groups natural resources political institutions poverty alleviation poverty reduction private investment privatization property rights public finance refugees rule of law rural areas rural development rural poverty sanitation social services targeting union urban areas urbanization war

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Investment climate; Better access to information; Physical capital; National level; Guarantee agency; Citizens; Labor force participation; Sustainable poverty reduction; Receipts; Tax exemptions; Property ownership; Endowments; Sustainable rural development; Inequality; Exclusion; Governance issues; Child mortality; Arrears; Rural business; Access to services; Rural phenomenon; Micro-finance institutions; Gender inequality; Key challenge; Civil society organization; Macroeconomic stability; Exchange rates; Budgetary allocations; Lack of access; Capital investments; Expenditures; Gender dimensions; Primary school; Rural electrification; Economic self-reliance; Banking sector; Rural; Poverty profile; Crop yields; Poor living; Economic activity; Universal access; Impact on poverty; Inflationary pressures; Landless farm workers; Private sector development; Enrollment; Ethnic minority; Rural livelihoods; Poverty analysis; International aid; Limited access; Agricultural development bank; Public investments; International development; Bank branches; Fiscal deficit; Macroeconomic policies; Private enterprise; Rural poverty reduction; Mfi; Financial resources; Tax code; Affordable credit; Regulatory framework; Fiscal decentralization; Financial infrastructure; Anticorruption; Technical assistance; Capital account; Micro finance institution; Transparency; Regulatory regime; International finance; Civil liberties; Foreign exchange; Financial management; Absolute poverty; Poor; Parliament; Micro finance; Poverty indicators; Public funds; Agricultural incomes; Institutional capacity; Private investors; Business activity; Governance challenges; Access to finance; Food sales; Agricultural product; Economic opportunity; Job creation; Current account; Poverty rates; Private investments; Perceptions index; Economic reform; Small enterprise; Fiscal policy; Economic reforms; Poverty line; Employment opportunities; Supply chain; Public-private partnership; Global markets; Bank lending; Education spending; Job opportunities; Conflict; Capital accumulation; Citizen; Government policies; Ethnic group; Household survey; Development bank; Access to financing; Civil war; Incidence of poverty; Communications technology; Public expenditures; Corporate governance; Foreign direct investment; Micro-finance; Advancement of women; Reducing child mortality; Transparent use; Poverty headcount rate; Banking account; Export earnings; Public sector management; Economic opportunities; Access to capital; Corruption perceptions; Poverty estimates; Public procurement; Public information; Macroeconomic performance; Rural infrastructure

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Country Partnership Framework for Myanmar for the Period FY15-17

2015

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