This chapter contains useful information for visitors to Myanmar, including proper etiquette, language, transport and how to obtain a visa. It also offers important contact information for foreign embassies, hospitals, UN agencies, airlines and hotels.
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Articles & Analysis | Fiscal policy changes include increasing public spending and boosting tax collection from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Myanmar is in the midst of a historic transformation of both its public sector and fiscal policy towards international norms. The country traditionally had a very small civilian government and many large state enterprises, all overseen by a politically and commercially powerful military. State enterprises have traditionally accounted for most public revenues, while...
Articles & Analysis | Taking steps towards greater regional integration and trade from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Myanmar and nine other South-east Asian countries are preparing to ring in the formal birth of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on December 31, 2015, but they are not preparing to celebrate. Instead, they are engaging in a collective soul-searching exercise. At the November 2014 ASEAN summit in Naypyidaw, the crowning event of Myanmar’s chairmanship of the bloc in 2014...
Interviews & Viewpoints | U Set Aung, Chairman, Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ): Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Which industries do you think show the most potential growth, as far as Thilawa is concerned?
Interviews & Viewpoints | John Kerry, US Secretary of State, on diplomatic solutions and a successful relationship: Viewpoint from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Myanmar has made a significant amount of progress over the course of the past few years, and when I was last here in 1999, I visited with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was then under house arrest. Today, she sits in parliament and the people are openly debating the future direction of this country. The Myanmar people have made a very clear statement about their desire to...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Hidetoshi Nishimura, Executive Director, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA): Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2015
What priorities have been identified by the Myanmar Comprehensive Development Vision (MCDV)?