Benefitting from a large population, an ideal geographic position and abundant natural resources, Myanmar’s trade and investment volumes hold enormous potential for future expansion, although the country is facing both domestic and external challenges. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows soared from 2011, when the country’s economic...
In terms of both exports and investment, which industries in Myanmar have benefitted the most from trade relations between Myanmar and Japan?
One of the most significant legal reforms undertaken to improve the investment climate in Myanmar has been the promulgation of the 2017 Myanmar Companies Law (MCL), which sets new criteria for company classification and is expected to help boost foreign direct investment inflows, which have slumped in recent years. After a lengthy delay, the...
Despite fierce domestic and international headwinds that have threatened to blow the Myanmar economy off course, executives who participated in the Business Barometer: Myanmar CEO Survey remain broadly confident about the investment climate in South-east Asia’s last great frontier market. Of the 100 respondents, 77% indicate their firm intends...
Decades of growth in trade and foreign investment have made economies around the world more interconnected and interdependent than ever before. The production of goods and, increasingly, the provision of services have become fractured across borders as corporations create and integrate into regional and global value chains. These trends have...
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