LIFT is a multi-donor fund that improves the lives and prospects of the most vulnerable people in Myanmar. LIFT is funded by seven donors: Australia, Canada, the European Union, Ireland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. To date, LIFT has received funding from 15 different donors, a total of USD 509 million.

LIFT is much more than a funding body. Aside from financing 183 projects to date, LIFT provides technical expertise, targeted research and its position of oversight to improve programme design and cohesion for better overall impact. LIFT also works closely with the Government of Myanmar to promote pro-poor policies. 

LIFT’s goal is to sustainably reduce the number of people in Myanmar living in poverty and hunger, and to ensure that Myanmar's rural transformation is inclusive. We work to achieve these four outcomes:

  1. Increased incomes of rural households
  2. Increased resilience of poor rural households and communities to setbacks and change
  3. Improved nutrition of women, men and children
  4. Improved policies and effective public expenditure for pro-poor rural development

Read more about our strategy, structure, partners and results.

LIFT is talking to the private sector about partnerships of different kinds relating to food security and livelihoods. LIFT also has a private sector donor, the Mitsubishi Corporation.