Mandalay Regional Government Consultation: Key Priorities for Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity Individual Responses (Note: The numbers in brackets are the number of respondents that selected each priority) Agriculture (18) Education (18) Electricity (15) Transportation Access to Health Access to (7) Markets (4) (3) Finance (2) Land (1) Note : the majority of Electricity is key to The Note: There were no Need to To finance lack of transport comments for those who comments from Farmers should possess their own land. improvement of other upgrade business connectivity is a key to prioritized education were those who social, health, education the public activities. poverty in states such agriculture focused and prioritized this issue. Finance (2) and business sectors. health as Kachin, Rakhine have therefore been Need to have capital service, and Chin. included in under the To raise farmer’s standard of living. People would be able to agriculture heading. start their own Would improve social Markets businesses. and business activities. Better access to advanced technology. Infrastructure (2) Would promote SME Would facilitate the Need to have access to technology development. flow of goods and improve the standard Need to build dams Would improve the of living. socioeconomic status of Agricultural inputs (1) Myanmar citizens. Children are unable to Access to agricultural equipment. complete their There are over 76,000 education due to Agricultural Practices (2) villages in this country, transportation As the country is transforming traditional 47,000 of which do not infrastructure. method into mechanization, WB should have electricity. If they support Agricultural Development. did their lives would be greatly improved. Transform traditional agricultural method into mechanization. Electricity is a key to development. Training/Technical Support (2) We need technical support. To improve the standard of education of farmers and their generation (their creativity will improved)
Agriculture (18) Education (18) Electricity (15) Transportation (7) Access to Markets (4) Health (3) Access to Finance (2) Land (1) Farmers should possess their own land. Note : the majority of comments for those who prioritized education were agriculture focused and have therefore been included in under the agriculture heading. Better access to advanced technology. Electricity is key to improvement of other social, health, education and business sectors. People would be able to start their own businesses. Would promote SME development. Would improve the socioeconomic status of Myanmar citizens. There are over 76,000 villages in this country, 47,000 of which do not have electricity. If they did their lives would be greatly improved. Electricity is a key to development. The lack of transport connectivity is a key to poverty in states such as Kachin, Rakhine and Chin. Would improve social and business activities. Would facilitate the flow of goods and improve the standard of living. Children are unable to complete their education due to transportation infrastructure. Note: There were no comments from those who prioritized this issue. Need to upgrade the public health service, To finance business activities. Finance (2) Need to have capital To raise farmer’s standard of living. Markets Infrastructure (2) Need to have access to technology Need to build dams Agricultural inputs (1) Access to agricultural equipment. Agricultural Practices (2) As the country is transforming traditional method into mechanization, WB should support Agricultural Development. Transform traditional agricultural method into mechanization. Training/Technical Support (2) We need technical support. To improve the standard of education of farmers and their generation (their creativity will improved) Mandalay Regional Government Consultation: Key Priorities for Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity Individual Responses (Note: The numbers in brackets are the number of respondents that selected each priority)