Decentralization and Democracy in Myanmar

This podcast delves into issues of decentralization and democracy in Myanmar, a country with the world’s longest running ethnic conflicts and a military coup in 2021 while suffering from the impact of Covid-19. The experts discuss how decentralization could lead the way to democracy and peace. We invite you to listen to this podcast for a deeper insight into the issues.

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Elevating women leaders in Myanmar

Many hurdles remain to achieve gender equality in Myanmar politics and society at large. Research supported by Canada’s Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar Initiative is identifying opportunities to close the gap.

Projects

Barriers and pathways to women’s political participation in Myanmar – Gender Equality and Decentralization in Myanmar

Analyze women’s pathways to participation across multiple levels of governance: national parliament, political parties, and social movements;state/division parliaments, government offices;...
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Building Emerging Think Tank Capacity in Myanmar

Following an in-depth needs assessment of eight think tanks performed in December 2017, a highly customized capacity development program will...
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Building policy research capacity in Myanmar with University of Southern California

This project will support training and mentoring for emerging professionals, mostly women, who have worked in government and/or non-governmental organizations,...
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Building policy research capacity in Myanmar with the University of British Columbia

This project will support training and mentoring for emerging professionals, mostly women, who have worked in government and/or non-governmental organizations,...
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Building policy research capacity in Myanmar with Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning-McGill University

This project will support training and mentoring for emerging professionals, mostly women, who have worked in government and/or non-governmental organizations,...
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Building policy research capacity in Myanmar with Chiang Mai University

This project will support training and mentoring for emerging professionals, mostly women, who have worked in government and/or non-governmental organizations,...
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Building policy research capacity in Myanmar with Asian Institute of Technology

This project will support training and mentoring for emerging professionals, mostly women, who have worked in government and/or non-governmental organizations,...
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Building research capacity for inclusive public finance in Myanmar

This project focuses on capacity development for individuals in subnational governments and civil society. Myanmar is experiencing a transition every...
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Delivery of public services in ethnic minority states: Gender equality and decentralization in Myanmar

This project will examine the factors that affect the delivery of public services (education, health, and security) in five ethnic...
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Gender budgeting: Preferences, policies and impact – Gender equality and decentralization

The main thrust of this project is to bring gender considerations into the discussion and preparation of budgets in Myanmar....
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Pathways to economic and political empowerment for ethnic minority women in Myanmar – Gender equality and decentralization

This project will use a participatory, community-level approach to examine women’s economic and political empowerment in seven ethnic communities in...
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Think tank capacity building and policy impact (before and after 2020 election)

This project supports capacity development as an extension to K4DM’s ongoing training, mentorship, and core funding support to think tanks...
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Policy research at the Yangon University of Economics – 2020-21

This project builds on the success of the partnership between the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Yangon University...
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Assessing social science research systems in Myanmar’s transition to democracy

This scoping project examines a system-wide landscape of the social sciences research, using the “Doing Research Assessment” to understand, map...
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Building organizational development among Myanmar think tanks (Centre for Economic and Social Development)

This project supports the capacities of three local policy research organizations, Advancing Life and Regenerating Motherland, the Centre for Economic...
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Building organizational development among Myanmar think tanks (Advancing Life & Regenerating Motherland)

This project supports the capacities of three local policy research organizations, Advancing Life and Regenerating Motherland, the Centre for Economic...
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Building organizational development among Myanmar think tanks (Centre for Development and Ethnic Studies)

This project supports the capacities of three local policy research organizations, Advancing Life and Regenerating Motherland, the Centre for Economic...
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