What barriers do new entrants in the financial services sector face in Myanmar? How important is the development of the sector in drawing in foreign direct investment?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Serge Pun, Chairman, Serge Pun & Associates Myanmar: Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Chapter | Trade & Investment from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Myanmar has seen an extraordinary surge in trade and investment in the few years since emerging from isolation. Out of the $9.5bn in FDI permissions granted from April 2012 to October 2014, $2.9bn went to projects in manufacturing; $2.2bn to those in real estate, hotels and tourism; and $2.5bn to transport and communications. Foreign investment in many sectors, however, still remains banned...
Over the past few years Myanmar has experienced a number of dramatic transitions that have restructured its economy, rapidly changing its unique landscape and gradually enriching the social welfare of its people. These changes have placed modern-day Myanmar back on the international investment radar and have seen the nation coined “the Last Frontier”.
Economic update | Sarawak Year in Review 2014
29 Jan 2015
Investments in Sarawak's resource-based and service industries kept the Borneo island state ahead in 2014, with economic growth set to continue in 2015. However, new initiatives will be needed to diversify the economy and add more value across the oil and gas product chains.
Economic update | Thailand Year in Review 2014
29 Jan 2015
A slowing of domestic and overseas demand, combined with uncertainty over Thailand’s political direction, cooled the economy in 2014, with most forecasts for this year indicating growth will remain subdued.
Articles & Analysis | Hotel options in Myanmar cities from The Report: Myanmar 2019
CHATRIUM HOTEL ROYAL LAKE YANGON 40 Natmauk Road Tamwe Township T: +95 1 544 500 F: +95 1 544 400 info.chry@chatrium.com www.chatrium.com Rooms: 300 rooms and suites, with 165 deluxe rooms (40 sq metre), 89 Chatrium club rooms (40 sq metre), 10 corner deluxe rooms (55 sq metre), 7 studio suites (61 sq metre), 8 junior suites (71 sq metre), 15 deluxe suites (75 sq metre), 5...