The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.
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An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.
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The United Wa State Army was always going to be a reluctant participant in the peace process, a perception reinforced by its early departure from the 21st Century Panglong conference.
How effective was the conference in contributing towards the peace process?
Microfinance lenders have broadly welcomed regulatory changes that will help them to increase equity and satisfy the huge demand for credit.
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Until Myanmar as a society makes the collective decision that women should have the right to stay in work, there is little prospect for real change.
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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.
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