Burma’s parliament on Thursday approved a series of international loans to improve the country’s infrastructure, state media reports. The South Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund will loan Naypyidaw US$137.83 million to be used by the Ministry of Construction for rural development in Rangoon and Irrawaddy divisions. MPs also voted to approve US$21 million in loans …
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BUSINESS - GE to help Burma with energy infrastructure
US-based firm General Electric (GE) will assist Burma in developing an energy infrastructure to address the country’s electricity needs, a Ministry of Electric Power representative said. According to the Myanmar Business Today, Deputy Minister Maw Thar Htwe said that GE had provided the government with a roadmap to help Burma improve the infrastructure and the …
Infrastructure, skilled workforce are keys to Burmese economic growth
Despite an influx of foreign investment and large resource base, Burma’s exponential growth could be held back by inadequate basic infrastructure and a lack of skilled workers, says an international business analyst.
Irrawaddy region’s infrastructure exacerbates flooding
The Irrawaddy region’s parliament may need assistance from the central government to improve faulty infrastructure and provide urgent relief after heavy flooding deluged swathes of central Burma last week
The Language of Mental Health in Myanmar
By Charlie Artingstoll Guest contributor Before the coup, mental health was a neglected issue in Myanmar. Now, the situation is even worse. Mental health in Myanmar is a critical issue. It is an unstable country, both in terms of political and economic factors. Decades of protracted conflict, being home to the longest-running civil war in …
Thursday, June 23, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM PDFs control most of northwest’s transport routes: NUG. 90% of roads in Sagaing and Magway regions — where the junta continues to perpetuate widespread atrocities — are now controlled by PDF groups, Nay Hpone Latt, the NUG’s press secretary, told a press conference on June 21. The secretary also highlighted that the military …