| Overview : Myanmar is at an historic stage in its development. A new Constitution was adopted in May 2008 and elections were held in November 2010 with bi-elections in April 2012. Parliament and governments have been formed at the national and region/state levels. A number of reforms have already been undertaken focusing on good governance, human rights, socio-economic development and reaching cease-fire agreements in a number of conflict areas. Against this rapidly changing background, UNDP Myanmar has undergone strategic repositioning and ramped up its capacities in order to effectively support national priorities of democratic transformation and poverty reduction.
In 2013, a new UNDP Myanmar Country Programme Action Plan was developed which aims to help Myanmar manage a “triple transition”: nation-building, including securing a sustainable peace with ethnic minorities; state-building, or democratizing and modernizing state institutions; and economic liberalization, moving the country from a closed, command economy to an open and transparent market. |
