Anchored in these strengths, "WFP in Myanmar: looking forward 2013 -2017 has been developed through a triangulation of the

following: a determination of priority challenges to be addressed and locations in which they are most pronounced; an alignment of WFP comparative advantages with areas in which national capacities to deliver basic services require support; and an identification of opportunities for complementarity between WFP s own responses and those of its counterparts! Ac"nowledging the cross#cutting determinants of undernutrition and the constraints it places on sustainable development, WFP will see" to mainstream nutrition throughout its interventions and place the issue at the centre of the national agenda for action! $n these ways, WFP will adopt a more congruent approach to future programming in %yanmar, defined by the strategic priorities identified herein and synchronous to other responses underway in the country! &he overarching ob'ective will be to ma(imise the qualitative impact of WFP support through the provision of an integrated pac"age of assistance! )ey potential ris"s envisaged by WFP in the conte(t of this strategy include: a halt of political reform processes and the potential events that could follow; limitations on donor support, compromising the timely receipt of adequate resources; ineffective partnership or coordination with development counterparts which would undermine integrated programming; insufficient commitment from the government to support and invest in relevant policies and related action; the continued incidence of unforeseen natural ha*ard which could prompt large#scale relief food needs and potentially interrupt the progress of other planned assistance; and a lac" of sustainable recovery amongst the country s most vulnerable populations resulting in a reversal of developmental gains, potentially