Monday will be the culmination of a development project in Kayin State, Myanmar. A conference will showcase the results of the three-year project – a registered cooperative with savings and lending service as well as an e-money service, and an enterprise and agri-business enhancement component for the borrowing members.
In 2014, the project started six months late because of some administrative concerns as the government has to cope with the increase of development agencies flooding the country. But the project team was able to catch up on the activities and reach the finish line on time.
The results of the project affirmed the tools and methods initially employed in other ASEAN countries and now used in Myanmar. These include savings mobilization techniques, cooperative formation, value chain analysis for agri-commodities and enterprise development. The tools are now being marketed to other development agencies for replication.