Britain Will Boost Aid to Burma by More Than a Third

By KYAW HSU MON / THE IRRAWADDY| Monday, August 25, 2014

UK Department for International Development (DFID) Minister Desmond Swayne (left) visits a social enterprise in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township where handbags are made. (Photo: Kyaw Hsu Mon / The Irrawaddy)

RANGOON — Britain’s newly appointed international development minister said on Monday that the United Kingdom will increase its development aid to Burma by more than a third in the next fiscal year.

Minister of State at the Department for International Development (DFID) Desmond Swayne is visiting Burma for the first time after his appointment last month, and told reporters in Rangoon that the former colonial power would be increasing its aid to Burma to US$136 million.

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