ABSTRACT

Prior to the year 2000, most international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) and advocacy work in Myanmar either operated outside the country’s borders or trod carefully under the suspicious surveillance of the military government’s ministries. Today, however, this work is diversifying and expanding. There are complex organisations that intersect and openly work together within Myanmar to provide humanitarian services, traditional development projects, human rights education and democratic political reform. Nevertheless, the trajectory of Myanmar’s humanitarian and democratic development remains uncertain.