An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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United States funding cuts have hit TB treatment in Myanmar particularly hard, leaving many of the country’s most vulnerable in a precarious position after the post-coup healthcare collapse erased years of progress.
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The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.
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Migrant workers are sending home up to $5 billion a year – and banks want a bigger piece of the action.
Although most financial sanctions have ended, the high cost of violations and low potential profits means few US banks will do business with Myanmar.
A dearth of family planning services and sex education in Chin State is endangering women and reinforcing patriarchal culture.
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Myanmar’s banks are increasingly offering services targeted at foreigners, but negotiating the complex range of regulations and fees can be hard work.
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Only when the authorities take firm action against both perpetrators of violence and those who inspire it can communal conflict be brought under control.
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Frotnier speaks to Abdoulaye Seck, the World Bank's country manager in Myanmar.
Some say the new Financial Institutions Law was written by the World Bank. I don't think this is necessarily intended as a criticism but to what extent did you play a role in drafting this law?
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