UNDP
Websites/Multiple Documents
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UNOPS
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2010-12-06
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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UNDP, UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
Country Cooperation Frameworks and Related Matters
Source/publisher:
UNDP
Date of publication:
1999-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2010-08-19
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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UNDP
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English
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Description:
A HDI project administered by UNOPS
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UNOPS
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-06
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Individual Documents
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UNDP, UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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UNOPS
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2010-12-06
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"...Sustainable Livelihoods through Micro-Credit for the Poorest is one of 10 projects under the United Nations
Development Programme?s multisectoral Human Development Initiative Extension (HDIE) programme in
Myanmar. It provides credit and assistance in building small businesses to people in 11 of the poorest townships
in Myanmar: three in the Delta (Ayeyarwady Division), five in Shan State, and three in the Dry Zone of central
Myanmar.
The Micro-Credit project targets especially those who would not normally qualify for credit through the banking
system: women, the landless, and other marginalized groups. Experience elsewhere has shown that with the
right types of support, these people are excellent credit risks; repayment rates often approach 100%. Overall, it
is hoped to benefit about 30,000 of the poorest households (200,000 people) in the 11 townships..."
Source/publisher:
UNOPS
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-06
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Individual Documents
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UNDP, UN System humanitarian assistance, Microfinance
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English
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The Shan Plateau in eastern Myanmar is an extensive, mountainous upland ranging from 1000 to 2300 m
in height. The area is undulating; areas that have been stripped of their natural forest are subject to severe
erosion. The area covers the watersheds of four of Myanmar?s most important reservoirs: Kinda, Inle,
Paung Laung and Zawgyi. Erosion from the uplands threatens to clog these reservoirs with silt, endangering
much of the country?s hydropower production and irrigation water supplies for the lowlands.
The main staple crop is rice, but many other crops are also grown, including wheat, maize, chili, cotton,
potatoes, groundnuts, sesame, pulses, tea, tobacco and cabbages. The rainy season lasts from mid-April to mid-
November.
Farmers in Shan State face numerous problems. The soils are generally infertile, and crop and livestock yields
are low. The area?s isolation and lack of infrastructure make it difficult for farmers to sell any surplus produce at
a profit. Landholdings are small, and population growth forces farmers to overexploit the natural resources:
cutting more trees for fuelwood and clearing land on steep slopes for cultivation. This environmental
degradation further reduces yields, reinforcing a vicious cycle of poverty.
Source/publisher:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-06
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
UNDP, UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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UNOPS
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2010-12-06
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English
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A November United Nations initiative to promote democratic reform in Burma reportedly ties over a billion dollars in humanitarian and development assistance -- including World Bank funds through the United Nations Development Programme UNDP -- to the lifting of pervasive repression by the country?s army junta. The idea faces immense obstacles, however, from World Bank requirements to junta recalcitrance, and raises key questions of UN political and development involvement in Burma.
Thomas R. Lansner
Source/publisher:
"Burma Debate", Vol. V, No. 4
Date of publication:
1998-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
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UNDP
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English
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UNOPS
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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UNDP, UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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Source/publisher:
UNOPS
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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UNDP, UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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Source/publisher:
UNOPS
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Individual Documents
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English
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