This documents aims to clarify the Livelihood and Food Security Fund’s (LIFT) policy and procedures related to financial risk and fraud, including procedures for reporting and investigating suspicious of fraudulent activity.
This guidance package is based on what is currently known about COVID-19, current WHO and MoHS guidelines
and subject to be updated as the situation evolves, and new knowledge and recommendations are being developed.
Rakhine, Kachin, Northern Shan, Yangon, Chin and Kayin have...
LIFT’s COVID-19 response in 2021 builds on learning from 2020 which highlighted the importance of strong on-the-ground partnerships with diverse stakeholders, particularly local CSOs, community groups and microfinance institutions, as the foundation for effective emergency interventions that...
LIFT's COVID-19 response newsletter which reviews and reflects on 12 months of LIFT's response through the experiences of it's beneficiaries and partners. In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, LIFT's partners quickly adapted and responded to the pandemic and supported the early recovery of...
LIFT’s Annual Report 2020 presents the efforts and results of partners across the country to respond to the devastating impacts of COVID-19 across all sectors in 2020 and reach over 12.8 million of the most vulnerable people, roughly 38 per cent of Myanmar’s population, without a break in...
Myanmar’s transition towards a more open and market-oriented economy is creating major structural changes in employment for Myanmar’s labour force. The shift from agricultural livelihoods in rural areas to wage employment in the service and manufacturing sectors in cities is increasing, driven...
In 2015, LIFT developed an organisation-wide MEAL Framework for its 2014-2018 strategy cycle. This MEAL Framework, for the first time, set out the overall architecture of LIFT’s MEAL system across the LIFT, programme and project levels. The refreshed MEAL Framework for 2019...
(still valid).The SP Framework applies to all UNOPS procurements of goods or services (including for partners, projects and internal office needs)
LIFT's 2019-2023 Kachin and northern Shan Programme aims to respond to these challenges by enhancing resilience and livelihoods, improving nutritional status, increasing household income and assets and reducing vulnerability of internally displaced people, returnees, women, migrants, people...
Rural to urban migration is rapidly increasing in Myanmar, with many unemployed and under-employed people moving to seek new jobs in cities. These internal migration flows have resulted in a dramatic increase in the population of Yangon’s peri-urban industrial zones and have had a particular...
At the onset of COVID-19, LIFT quickly responded and pivoted existing resources to deliver immediate preparedness and prevention activities in support of the most vulnerable. To date, LIFT has committed a total of USD 27.8 million for an immediate frontline response, a medium-term response in...
These guidelines provide development partners, actors along the food system, and multi sector stakeholders, including policy and programming decision makers with guidance to support the implementation and prioritization of nutrition sensitive interventions in the context of COVID-19. The...
LIFT Annual Report 2019 outlines LIFT’s achievements in its 10th year of operations, supporting the most vulnerable in Myanmar.
LIFT's COVID-19 support totals USD 25.5 million. It was delivered in three steps:
- Late March: LIFT's partners adapted existing projects as an immediate response in support of the most vulnerable.
- By mid-April, LIFT’s donors allocated further USD20 million. ...
it is critical that women have an equal voice in the crisis management, decision making and responses. Due to gendered differences, such as patterns and prevalence of smoking, and other high risk behaviors, more men are adversely affected by the Covid 19 than women.
The community component of the Shan Agriculture and Rural Economy Survey (SHARES) was conducted in mid-2018 in 323 villages in 12 townships in southern Shan State. The survey was designed to facilitate analysis of recent changes in the rural economy in southern Shan.
This research highlight presents an overview of agricultural land ownership, distribution, use, and tenure for rural households in Southern Shan State, and how this has changed compared to the previous generation. All findings are from the Shan Agriculture and Rural Economy Survey (SHARES)...
This research highlight presents analysis of the characteristics of agricultural mechanization in Southern Shan State, using data from the Shan Household Agricultural and Rural Economy Survey (SHARES). SHARES was implemented in June 2018 with 1562 households in nine townships of Southern Shan...
This research highlight presents key features of off-farm employment in Myanmar’s Southern Shan State. Analysis is based on the Shan Household Agriculture and Rural Economy Survey (SHARES), which collected detailed information on livelihoods and agriculture from 1562 households in nine...
This report presents findings on the supply side of agricultural mechanisation in Myanmar, based on a survey of 57 agricultural machinery suppliers in five urban centres in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone, and incorporating information on the location and year of establishment of branches of...
