Myanmar National Food and Agriculture Systems Project (WB-P164448)

Countries
  • Myanmar
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 100.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Apr 4, 2021

Disclosed by Bank Apr 22, 2019

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the bank document, the project seeks to increase the productivity of select high-value commodities, enhance agricultural diversification and competitiveness, and diet diversity in selected agro-ecological zones of Myanmar. This will be achieved through the provision of key public goods and services that will facilitate and further enhance the engagement of (and with) the private sector.

According to the World Bank webpage, this project will support parts of the government’s COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan (CERP), which aims to mitigate the economic impacts of COVID-19 and facilitate the country’s economic recovery.

"The project will support income retention for farmers by improving the quality and utilization of agricultural inputs, and generate labor-intensive cash-for work-activities to create jobs for poor households, in particular for migrants returning to Myanmar after losing jobs abroad due to the pandemic. The project will also support public awareness raising on COVID-19 through social media and other channels."

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

International Development Association (IDA- World Bank) US$ 100.00 mliion


Contact Information
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1/World Bank
Contact: Indira Janaki Ekanayake
Senior Agriculture Economist

2/Borrower/Client/Recipient
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar

3/Implementing Agencies
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation
Contact: Kyaw Min Oo
Title: Acting Permanent Secretary
Email: kmodop@gmail.com

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Telephone: (202) 473-1000

Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects

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