Xinhua, Yangon :
Myanmar is benefiting from World Bank- supported national community development project worth of 86.3 million US dollars which is being implemented to help improve rural infrastructure and people’s living.
According to the Department of Rural Development of Myanmar, the six-year project, which started in March, will initially cover three townships, Kanpetlet in Chin State, Namhsam (Palaung self-administered zone) in Shan State and Kyunsu in Taninthayi Region during the first year.
During the second year of its operation, the project will benefit people in four more selected townships, Pinlebu, Sedoktara, Laymyethna and An in Sagaing, Magway, Ayeyawaddy and Rakhine regions or states respectively.
According to the World Bank, five more townships will be added in the second year and seven in the third year of the project. Over the next two years, 15 townships out of 330 will benefit from the project.
The first year of its operation dealt with a wide range of areas, including inter-urban roads and highways, water, sanitation and flood protection, irrigation and drainage, health and education.
In subsequent years, local people will choose the type of public infrastructure they wish to build or upgrade.
In addition to the rural infrastructure development project, the World Bank also supported Myanmar’s education project from which 8.2 million students are also benefiting.
More than 100,000 poor students will receive financial support to attend classes through the Decentralizing Funding to Schools Project, the World Bank said.
The project financed by a 80 million U.S.dollars credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and 20 million U.S. dollars from the government of Australia through the Myanmar Partnership Multi-Donor Trust Fund, will improve and expand the Myanmar Government’s School Grants Program and Student Stipends Program.
