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63. DFID’s 2011 to 2016 Country Plan states that “ We are also initiating some private
sector partnerships to stimulate inclusive and responsible investment”93 It also said DFID
was working on:
Major new investment on inclusive, transformative economic growth
policy. This may include reform of the financial sector and business climate,
building markets, infrastructure, trade, reforming state enterprises and
increasing opportunities for private investment–with the aim of generating
much needed new jobs and increased private investment (including from
abroad) in Burma.94
A significant part of DFID’s programme in Burma is economic development.
Box 4: DFID bilateral Burma country budget
Source: DFID Burma Country Profile July 2017
64. Minister Burt said:
Our work with the private sector is focused on creating jobs, and expanding
the economy and moving it away from what has effectively been a military
autocracy, a crony-based system, which does not deliver economic
development but delivers vast wealth for the few. There is a determination
to disempower that sort of structure. We are working on measures that
will improve the nature of the economy and make it livelier. We are very
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DFID BURMA Operational Plan 2011–2016, Updated December 2014
DFID BURMA Operational Plan 2011–2016, Updated December 2014