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Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformations (SHIFT) is a regional financial-market facilitation, technical assistance and funding facility. It aims to facilitate the transition, by the year 2020, of at least six million low-income people in the ASEAN region, from unregulated to regulated higher value financial services. SHIFT combines direct impact interventions through technical and financial assistance with market transformational interventions such as improved data and knowledge, better investment climate and targeted policies to accelerate financial inclusion, and more capable human resources.

UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in 177 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations

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The Asian Development Bank aims for an Asia and Pacific free from poverty. Approximately 1.7 billion people in the region are poor and unable to access essential goods, services, assets and opportunities to which every human is entitled.

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s role is to advance the interests of Australia and Australians internationally. This involves working to strengthen Australia’s security; enhancing Australia’s prosperity; delivering an effective and high quality aid programme; and helping Australian travellers and Australians overseas. The department provides foreign, trade and development policy advice to the government. We work with other government agencies to ensure that Australia’s pursuit of its global, regional and bilateral interests is coordinated effectively.

KBZ Bank’s vision is to become Myanmar’s premier bank with a wide variety of products and services for commercial and private customers.

UNCDF is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 48 least developed countries. It creates new opportunities for poor people and their small businesses by increasing access to microfinance and investment capital. UNCDF programmes help to empower women, and are designed to catalyze larger capital flows from the private sector, national governments and development partners, for maximum impact toward the Millennium Development Goals.

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the ordinary sense but a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development. The World Bank Group comprises five institutions managed by their member countries.