The most likely outcome of the economic turmoil triggered by the coup is a period of slow economic growth and joblessness, even as inflation rises and the value of the kyat continues to slide against the US dollar.
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The most likely outcome of the economic turmoil triggered by the coup is a period of slow economic growth and joblessness, even as inflation rises and the value of the kyat continues to slide against the US dollar.
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An escalation in fighting between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Tatmadaw near the town of Mong Ko on the China border has emptied villages, while inflaming longstanding tensions over who controls the area.
As military repression ramps up, some trade unions and activists are calling on brands to boycott Myanmar’s garment sector – but not everyone believes the campaign will hit its intended target.
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A recent report says there are deficiencies in a $480 million World Bank-funded project to upgrade and empower rural communities that has brought positive change to millions of lives.
The ubiquitous little repair shops that were a response to the poverty created by economic isolation are under pressure from municipal by-laws, modernisation and rising incomes.
The ubiquitous little repair shops that were a response to the poverty created by economic isolation are under pressure from municipal by-laws, modernisation and rising incomes.
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It is unlikely that Myanmar will see a more favourable climate for peacemaking for some years to come.
အိမ်အကူကလေးငယ်နှစ်ဦးကို ညှင်းပမ်းနှိပ်စက်မှုဖြင့် လူကုန်ကူးမှုဖြင့် အမှုဖွင့် တိုင်ကြားခံရသည့် အင်းဝ အပ်ချုပ်ဆိုင်အမှုတွင် လူကုန်ကူးမှုကို ဖုံးကွယ်ပေးခဲ့ခြင်းမရှိဟု မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကော်မရှင်အဖွဲ့ဝင်များက ငြင်းဆိုလိုက်သည်။
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