Burma: Waiting for development aid

10 August 2009

Burma (Myanmar) is one of the least-funded countries in the world but faces a number of hurdles if it wants to receive more overseas development assistance (ODA). Donors cite the continued detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a key obstacle, along with issues of access and other restrictions on the delivery of aid. However, the relief effort that followed Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, which left some 140,000 people dead, proved that aid can be delivered directly to those in need, agencies say.

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