New projects are welcome given the country’s weak domestic grid and isolation from regional power supplies. With the exception of electricity being sold across the border to China, Myanmar is largely cut-off from its neighbours. While its main grid may lack connections to others, the country is in a very good position to begin linking up with...
After years of underinvestment in transportation infrastructure, due to embargoes, insurgencies, regional autonomy and mixed relations with neighbours, Myanmar is an exceedingly hard place to reach overland, much less transit. The country has essentially been cut off from the world, with small isolated border gates as its only surface...
As Myanmar’s hotel industry rushes to keep pace with rapidly growing demand, it has a fortunate head start: a large number of projects can be resumed after they were started but became dormant or slow-moving during the country’s long years of isolation. Downtown will be home to the forthcoming Hilton Yangon, a 300-room, five-star hotel set to...
What were the deciding factors in the decision to enter Myanmar’s market, and how does the country differ from other emerging economies?
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