Which sectors hold the most potential for developing Myanmar’s trade relations?
Interviews & Viewpoints | U Win Myint, Minister of Commerce: Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | Serge Pun, Chairman, Serge Pun & Associates Myanmar: Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2015
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?
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 | Abu Dhabi Year in Review 2014
Despite a sharp downturn in oil prices in the latter part of the year, Abu Dhabi’s economy maintained its solid pace of growth in 2014. Strong fiscal reserves, a low breakeven price of oil and an increasingly diversified economy should ensure expansion is maintained in 2015, though possibly at a slower rate than in past years.
Economic update | Côte d’Ivoire Bilan de l’Année 2014
Pour la troisième année consécutive, la Côte d’Ivoire a été placée en 2014 sous le signe d’une reprise solide, soutenue par une stabilité politique et macro-économique installée, des investissements élevés et des réformes.