I-USAID iyaphika ukuthi yephule unswinyo lwaseBurma

I-USAID iyaphika ukuthi yephule incwadi noma umoya womthetho wase-US wokusiza iBurma ngokuxhasa ngezimali i-ASEAN Competitiveness Enhancement (ACE) Project, ngokusho komqondisi wezokuxhumana wale nhlangano, u-Hal Lipper. Ubephendula isitatimende se-US Campaign on Burma esasithi lo msebenzi uzophonselwa inselelo izigele futhi kungase kudingeke ukuthi ubuyekezwe.

Ngasekuqaleni kwenyanga, umqondisi we-US Campaign ezinze eWashington eBurma, uJennifer Quigley, utshele i-TTR Weekly: “Ngokwazi kwami, iCongress iyawazi lo msebenzi, futhi ngikholwa ukuthi ingase idinge i-USAID ukuthi iguqule iphrojekthi ngenxa yalokhu. ukwephulwa komthetho.”

Sekufakwe imibuzo kumaseneta aseMelika efuna ukucaciselwa ngezinsolo zokwephulwa kwemithetho yezijeziso esebenza ngokuqinile kumaphrojekthi e-USAID.

Iphrojekthi ye-ACE engu-$8 million ihlose ukwakha ukuncintisana kwezohwebo ezimbonini zezokuvakasha nezindwangu ze-ASEAN. Cishe, i-US$4 million yesabelomali sika-2008 kuya ku-2013 se-ACE siya emkhankasweni wokumaketha ezokuvakasha obizwa ngokuthi “i-Southeast Asia: Izwa imfudumalo” eyakhelwe kusizindalwazi sabathengi esizohambisa ukubhukha izivakashi emazweni ayi-10 e-ASEAN, okuyiMyanmar. ilungu.

Amazwi afingqiwe asemthethweni kuwebhusayithi exhaswe yi-USAID ethi www.Southeastasia.org (Mayelana ne-US) ihlonza abahlomuli bomkhankaso njengalaba: i-Brunei Darussalam, i-Cambodia, i-Indonesia, i-Lao PDR, i-Malaysia, i-Myanmar, i-Philippines, i-Singapore, i-Thailand, ne-Vietnam.

UMnu. Lipper uhlonza ozuzayo njengengeyona ingxenye yebhizinisi futhi ngandlela thize engachazwanga kahle "Southeast Asia."

“I-ACE Project ayikukhuthazi futhi ayikakhangisi ezokuvakasha eBurma. I-ACE Project igqugquzela ezokuvakasha eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia njengesifunda,” kusho yena. “I-ASEAN, njengengxenye yesu layo lokuhlanganisa umnotho, icele i-USAID ukuthi inikeze uxhaso emkhakheni wezokuvakasha. Isu le-ASEAN ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia.”

Ngobuchwepheshe, i-Southeast Asia ayiyona incazelo enembile yemingcele yephrojekthi njengoba isifunda siqukethe i-East Timor ne-Papua New Guinea, kuyilapho i-ASEAN izosekela imizamo yokuyisa ezokuvakasha emazweni angamalungu ayi-10 kuphela. Ukugcizelela kwakhe ukuthi iphrojekthi ye-USAID ayiyikhangisi iBurma kuphambene nokuqukethwe kokuhlela kwewebhusayithi okunezinkomba eziyi-108 ngezwe, ezikhokhelwa ngesabelomali se-ACE.

Ngaphambili, Umkhankaso WaseBurma Wase-United States Waphetha: “Umoya [wonswinyo lwaseBurma yase-US] wawuwukuvimba ama-dollar aseMelika ezandleni zombuso waseBurma. Indlela umnotho wezokuvakasha waseBurma omiswe ngayo, akulula ukucabanga ukuthi umbuso uzohlomula ngokwezimali.

“Ngaphezu kwalokho, umthetho wase-US olawula ukuthi i-US ingasebenzisa kanjani uxhaso lukahulumeni uneziqondiso ezicacile zendlela i-USAID [engayisebenzisa] ngayo imali maqondana neBurma, futhi le phrojekthi ye-USAID izophikisana naleyo zinkombandlela.”

Emadokhumeni ayo, i-ACE ichaza ukuthi iphrojekthi yakhelwe ukukhuthaza abahambi ukuthi bavakashele amabili noma amathathu kunokuba bavakashele izwe elilodwa emphakathini wase-ASEAN.

Njengendawo encane okuhanjwa kuyo kubloc, iMyanmar imele ukuzuza inani elikhulu ekutshalweni kwe-USAID, ikakhulukazi kwezobuchwepheshe. Wonke amanye amazwe anamawebhusayithi athuthukile ashayela ukubhukha ezokuvakasha ngezinhlangano zozakwethu. Okuhlukile kuseMyanmar lapho ezokuvakasha zisilela ngemuva ngenxa yokufinyelela ku-inthanethi okulinganiselwe kanye nezinhlelo zokukhokha ezivikelekile eziqashelwa umhlaba wonke ezimbalwa. Iwebhusayithi entsha ibhekana nalezi zinkinga.

UMnu. Lipper uyavuma ukuthi kunemikhawulo yokuthi umsebenzi ungasebenza kanjani eMyanmar, ikakhulukazi ezindlekweni zokugcinwa kwendlu njengezindleko zokuhamba kanye nenani ngalinye. Uthe: “Uhulumeni wase-US wenze isinqumo sokusekela i-ASEAN, okuhlanganisa neBurma njengelungu. Njengezinye izinhlelo zokusekela ze-ASEAN, sigwema ukunikeza usizo eBurma ngokungakhokhi noma yiziphi izindleko eziqondene neBurma.”

Iphrojekthi ye-ACE yenqabile ukuxhasa izindleko zokuhamba zethimba obekumele livakashele amazwe ayi-10 ukuze lihlanganise idatha yohlelo lwesu lokumaketha oluzayo.

Ngokungeziwe emkhankasweni wokukhangisa we-Southeast Asia, i-USAID ixhasa ngezimali ukwenziwa kabusha kwewebhusayithi yabathengi ye-Greater Mekong Sub-region ethi www.exploremekong.org ezogxila ekushayeleni uhambo oluya ezweni elinamalungu ayisithupha - i-Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, kanye nezifundazwe ezimbili zaseChina (Yunnan futhi Guangxi).

I-Exploremekong.org ikhophi yekhabhoni ye-southeastasia.org enethuluzi lokubhuka elifanayo nezinjongo ezifanayo zentengiso.

Kusukela ngo-1998, uxhaso lwezifundazwe ze-USAID belukhawulelwe ekusekeleni intando yeningi eMyanmar kanye namaqembu asekela intando yeningi ngaphandle kwaseMyanmar kanye nokuhlinzeka ngosizo lobuntu njengokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuyisisekelo kanye nokusekelwa kwemfundo eyisisekelo kubabaleki abahlala emakamu ababaleki asemngceleni kanye nosizo oluphuthumayo ngesikhathi seCyclone Nargis.