Supporting the Transition: Understanding Aid to Myanmar Since 2011

Abstract

To support reflection on aid programming, this report provides an introduction to aid in Myanmar, including historical grounding, some novel quantitative data on donors’ current priorities, and analysis of several particularly vexing policy areas. Recognizing the unique challenges of delivering aid where there is limited experience of international development cooperation, the report places a special emphasis on clearly defining key terms and explaining the policy frameworks that have guided the international community’s engagement with Myanmar. The first chapter focuses on the history of aid to Myanmar. The second, on the analysis of key trends in current assistance. The third chapter discusses several of the priority policy questions for development cooperation in Myanmar moving forward. An annex containing key definitions provides more detail on useful terminology.