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One decade after an earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, China’s investment in disaster preparedness means a similar tragedy is unlikely, said experts who urged other Asian nations to follow suit.
Japan’s ANA Holdings Inc has dropped a plan to form a joint venture in Burma, the airline said on Monday, after its application for an air operator’s certificate (AOC) was rejected by Burmese authorities.
Climate change will bring soaring temperatures, more intense storms, erratic rainfall, plummeting crop yields and a collapse of coral reefs to the Asia-Pacific unless countries fully implement their commitments under the Paris climate pact, scientists say, calling the challenges “unprecedented.”
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Burma is the centre of attention for Woodside Energy following the Australian company’s discovery of gas off the coast of Arakan State last year. It is now preparing to invest[…]
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The World Bank’s prediction that the Burmese economy would grow at some 8.2 percent this year has been slashed in the latest ‘Myanmar Economic Report’.
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The World Bank has approved a US $400 million interest-free credit to support the Burmese government’s expansion of the national electricity grid.
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Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia’s leading bank by assets, commenced branch operations in Burma on Monday.
A plan to provide the entire Mandalay region with electricity is receiving less than a quarter of the necessary funding from the government, according to a local official. Mandalay’s Minister[…]
The Burmese parliament has approved a proposed loan of US$300 million from EXIM Bank of China to fund the Cooperative Ministry’s micro-financing projects
The World Bank estimates Burma’s economic growth rate at 8.5 percent for 2014 and 2015, a figure higher than any other nation it surveyed, including China.
In a report on East Asian countries’ economies released on Monday, the World Bank estimated Burma’s growth rate at 8.5 percent for 2014 and 2015, a figure higher than any[…]
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Burma’s Foreign Bank Licensing Committee awarded preliminary licenses to nine foreign banks on Wednesday, and Japanese banks were by far the biggest winners.
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The grandson of late Burmese dictator Ne Win revealed that he plans to purchase the majority of shares of Asian Green Development Bank, which is owned by Tay Za.
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Kanthan Shankar, the country manager for the World Bank in Burma, talks to DVB Interview International about current World Bank and IFC projects in the country.
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces a $2 billion development aid package to Burma for projects such as healthcare and energy supply.
The World Bank on Tuesday approved a US$140 million interest-free loan to boost electricity access in Burma, where over 70 percent of the population live in darkness.
According to a list of the top 500 taxpayers in Burma, Kanbawsa Bank – with over 2,000 employees – is the highest payer of income tax in Burma, while Myanmar Brewery Ltd pays the most commercial tax.
Burma’s lending and savings rates are among the highest in the world, but now the Central Bank is weighing up the pros and cons of bringing them in line with international standards.
The 40-year loan – at a fixed 0.75 percent interest rate – would be used to develop the communications sector and to improve schools.
Following the publication of Displacement Solutions recent report on housing, land and property rights in Burma, DVB’s David Stout spoke with the organisation’s founder and director Scott Leckie about land[…]
Civil society groups have urged the World Bank to exercise caution before pressing ahead with their plans to pump millions into community projects in conflict-torn border regions or risk “exacerbating” local problems
Burma’s Asian Green Development Bank and Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank signed an agreement to create a remittance service between the two countries that will begin operations in June
Meeting of board of directors concludes that engagement will resume but orders Burma to first repay millions of dollars in debt
Andris Piebalgs voices concern that EU-based companies will act ‘conservatively’ over investing in Burma, to Europe’s detriment
Four privately-owned banks to open money exchange services in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to help flows of remittances
International lenders get the nod from Hillary Clinton to return to Burma after a two-decade absence as reward for reforms
Scheme underway in three cities, with banking cards also to be permitted for use by Burmese who bank with private enterprises
Asian Development Bank report paints rosy picture of economic health in Asia, but analysts warn that Burma may well remain at the bottom of the pile
Shake-up in banking regulations as Burmese government warns new owners not to loan money to themselves, while raising the bar on banks’ investments
All evidence suggests that elections in Burma this year will usher in a new era of ‘bulletocracy’, one that Southeast Asian leaders appear only too keen to welcome
