Among its provisions, the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan (MSDP) 2018-30 – the country’s long-term development strategy – highlights the need for major reforms in the way the nation trades. Noting that years of isolation from the international community has led to a deterioration in the country’s trading capacity, the MSDP outlines a plan...
Citizens received their last taste of participatory democracy in 2015 with general elections that resulted in a civilian government, although the military maintained control of several key state institutions and still has a strong presence in the national parliament under the constitution. Hopes were high then that the government, led by the...
To what extent has the trade dispute between the US and China impacted the attractiveness of Myanmar as an investment destination?
Recent years have seen the issue of climate change and its potential ecological and economic effects move more clearly into the spotlight. It is now widely accepted that the planet cannot sustain current high-carbon industrial and consumer behaviours. With scientific knowledge on the subject now better informed and more reliable, economic...
In emerging and frontier markets such as Myanmar, micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are estimated to provide four in five new jobs in the formal sector – some 90% of total employment when the informal sector is also included. Having travelled widely within ASEAN and further afield throughout these past several years, it has...
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