Yangon City Development Committee

Yangon City Development Committee
ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော် စည်ပင်သာယာရေး ကော်မတီ

Yangon City Hall
Agency overview
FormedMay 14, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-05-14)
Preceding agencies
  • Rangoon Municipal Committee
  • Rangoon City Corporation
HeadquartersYangon City Hall
Annual budgetKs.15 billion (2003)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.ycdc.gov.mm

Yangon City Development Committee (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော် စည်ပင်သာယာရေး ကော်မတီ, abbreviated YCDC) is the administrative body of Yangon, the largest city and former capital of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 18 departments, with headquarters in the Yangon City Hall.[2] The committee's chairman also acts as the city's mayor.[3]

The YCDC is technically independent of the government, and raises its own revenues through tax collection, fees, licenses and property development.[4] In the 2011-2012 budget year, YCDC had an estimated deficit of Ks.5 billion, because of high spending on road construction and purchase of waste collection vehicles.[5]

  1. ^ "Public-Private Partnership for Yangon's Water Supply" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Kraas, Frauke; Hartmut Gaese; Mi Mi Kyi (2006). Megacity Yangon. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 9783825800420.
  3. ^ Cities and sustainable development. United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. 2003. ISBN 9789211203677.
  4. ^ Etherton, David. Human Settlements Sector Review: Union of Myanmar. UN-HABITAT. ISBN 9789211311280.
  5. ^ Kyaw Hsu Mon; Yadana Htun (7 November 2011). "Yangon Region govt facing K22b budget black hole". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 9 March 2012.