In December 2015, state-owned utility company Électricité de France signed a memorandum of understanding with the government for the 1,050-megawatt Shweli-3 hydropower project in northern Shan State.
Farmers in southern Shan State who once profited from opium cultivation are now facing falling prices, rising production costs and labour shortages, but switching to alternative crops poses major challenges.
BY Frontier
