UNDP in Myanmar

Putting communities first.

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Myanmar Development Observatory is collecting, analysing and disseminating data on Myanmar.

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A woman with a piglet in Myanmar

Meeting the critical needs and building the resilience of Myanmar's most marginalized communities.

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A man in a paddy field in Myanmar's Rakhine State.

Bringing together humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities in Rakhine State.

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A worker loads water bottles onto a small truck.

Addressing poverty and building resilience in Yangon's poorest areas.

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A man shows the blood clams he has harvested in Myanmar.

A free platform to help Myanmar's MSMEs improve their operations and responsible business practices.

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Daw Khin Cho Win with her fully grown pig
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Goat raising and pig rearing is empowering women in Myanmar’s Nyaung U Township

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A migrant construction worker from Shan State in Chiang Mai, Thailand (c) ILO/Chalinee Thirasupa
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Harsher realities for undocumented Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand, new UNDP survey shows

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UNDP’s E-learning Portal for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)
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UNDP launches free e-learning portal to help Myanmar's small businesses grow

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From gender roles to disability rights: five animations exploring social issues in Myanmar

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U Myo Oo sits in a mangrove forest in Myanmar's Tanintharyi Region
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How beekeeping and clam farming are reducing poverty and protecting Myanmar’s mangroves

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Farmers on a demonstration plot established by UNDP Myanmar
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Three innovative ways UNDP is helping farmers in Myanmar’s Shan State

UNDP is providing wide-ranging support to farmers in Shan State, including harnessing affordable, climate change-resilient technological solutions to increase the...

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People load water bottles onto a truck in Yangon's Hlaingtharya Township
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Urban poverty in Yangon tackled in new UN project to build community resilience

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စစ်တွေမြို့နယ်အတွင်း ဒုက္ခသည်စခန်းမှနေထိုင်သူများကို လတ်တလောဝင်ငွေရရှိအောင် မုန်တိုင်းကြောင့် ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသောအပျက်အစီးများအားရှင်းလင်းရန် လုပ်ခပေးငှားရမ်းခြင်းဖြင့်ကူညီပေးထားပါသည်။
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UNDP မှ ဆိုင်ကလုန်းမိုခါအလွန် ပြန်လည်ထူထောင်ရေးလုပ်ငန်းများ စတင်ခြင်း

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Our
mission

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Publications

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Myanmar at a crossroads: Past trends of human well-being and a future outlook

Myanmar’s current crisis is derailing the progress it had been making in terms of economic growth, reducing poverty, creating jobs and reaching Sustainable Develo...

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Helping communities weather the socio-economic downturn: Building urban resilience

Following the twin crises of COVID-19 and the military takeover in Myanmar, Yangon’s inhabitants face unprecedented new pressures. The poverty rate in Yangon was ...

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Livelihoods Hanging by a Thread: A Survey of Garment Workers and Firms

Building on existing evidence, this research report assessed the impact of the military takeover on both garment factory workers and owners. A survey of 1,600 ...

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Regressing gender equality in Myanmar: Women living under the pandemic and military rule

One year on from the military takeover in Myanmar and the situation for women is especially bleak. Many are scared to leave their homes, are struggling to earn a ...

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Mired in Uncertainty: The trend of high frequency indicators in Myanmar (December 2021-January 2022)

The Myanmar military's 1 February coup d’état exacerbated the already challenging economic situation in the country that had been driven by the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Our impact

80,000

flood-affected

people received cash and in-kind support

4

reports

released on the social, economic and gender impacts of the military takeover and COVID-19

150,000

people

in 6 Rakhine townships benefited from livelihood support

100

young people

received vocational training and immediate job matching

20

partner CSOs

working with UNDP in 133 of the 330 Myanmar townships

100,000

people

in urban Yangon received food and clean drinking water from community volunteers