NSTregion Myanmar calls on joint Asean effort to eradicate poverty
Its Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, U Aung Thu, said that total poverty eradication is necessary for the sustainable development of a nation; and urged all Asean members to work together in lifting their people out of poverty.
U Tun Lwin, deputy permanent secretary of the ministry, said that the Myanmar government is implementing people-centred projects using a World Bank loan, among others. Tun Lwin said that Myanmar had seen an average economic growth of 6.5 per cent in the past few years, and poverty had fallen by 24.8 per cent.
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