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THE DAILY YOMIURI
October 25, 1995

Govt to resume ODA to Myanmar

Yomiuri Shimbun

The Japanese government said Monday it had decided to
resume official development assistance (ODA) to Myanmar,
in the form of a yen loan, for the first time since the country
was taken over in a military coup in 1988.

The loan will be used to improve electricity supply networks
in Yangon within this year at the earliest, government
officials said.  They added that Japan will carefully monitor
the pace of democratic reform in the country as a
prerequisite for further ODA assistance.

The yen loan to upgrade electrical infrastructure was one of
eight ODA programs which were suspended at the time of
the coup.  The first loan worth 4.87 billion yen.

Japan selected to restart the program first since electrical
power has become an essential requirement in Yangon,
which is undergoing a construction boom due to an inflow
of foreign capital from mainly Singapore.


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