Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
The Tatmadaw has resumed its old ways, killing civilians and destroying villages, despite the early promise of peace initiatives backed by Norway and other Western countries.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
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Integrating some of the startup mentality and practices into legacy businesses can leave them better able to cope in the face of new competition.
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Fred Hochberg, the chairman of the United States Export-Import Bank – a government agency that supports US investment and trade – discusses the need for financial reform, his bank’s plans to work with the private sector and where the opportunities lie for US exporters.
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