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Myanmar’s economy is set to contract further in 2025, the World Bank said in its latest outlook, after a year of conflict in which resistance groups made significant inroads against the country’s ...
News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar president calls for greater Vietnamese investment
HANOI: Myanmar president Min Aung Hlaing has affirmed his commitment to facilitate Vietnamese investment projects in Myanmar, while giving high priority to promoting trade and investment ties between ...
News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar’s food security in crisis as fuel, fertiliser shortages threaten fragile economy
Rising fertiliser costs and fuel rationing have affected farmers' productivity, but Myanmar has little capital to replenish these stocks Myanmar's weak economy is being brutally exposed to the fuel ...
News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar's economy set to contract as floods and fighting take heavy toll, the World Bank says
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's economy is forecast to contract this year, the World Bank said Wednesday, as flooding and fighting take a severe toll nearly four years after the military ousted its elected ...
News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar's economy to shrink as floods compound crisis, says World Bank
Myanmar's economy is expected to shrink by 1% in the current fiscal year, the World Bank said Wednesday, sharply downgrading its economic forecast as severe floods compounded the challenges facing the ...
News Myanmar » Economy: Sean Turnell on Myanmar, Civil War, and Economic Reform
Australian economist Sean Turnell, who was jailed by the military in Myanmar for 650 days, has released a new book about efforts to rebuild the country’s economy before the coup in early 2021. Credit: ...
News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar fighting blocks key trade route with China, impacting economy
Ethnic and resistance forces in Myanmar have completely blocked a key trade route to China, halting cross-border commerce and further damaging Myanmar's already struggling economy. The Mandalay-Lashio ...
News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar Elections Could Spur Global Business Appetites, But Will They Be Legitimate?
Myanmar’s long-delayed elections are ready to begin on Dec. 28, and neighboring countries are looking for more secure economic ties. Before the coup, the export sector was seen as harbinger of ...