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Foreign Investment Law
2012 Union Parliament Law No XXI, 2 November 2012, Translated by Eleven Media Group
English translation of the new Foreign Investment Law signed by President Thein Sein

General License Authorizing Certain Financial Transactions in Support of Humanitarian, Religious, and other Not-for-Profit Activities in Burma
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, 17 April 2012
General License No. 14-C

Doing Business in Burma: 2012 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies
U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commence, 2012
Guide for U.S. Companies


Articles

2013 Resource Governance Index
Revenue Watch Institute, 2013
The 2013 Resource Governance Index

Microfinance in Myanmar - Sector Assessment
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Eric Duflos, Paul Luchtenburg, Li Ren, and Li Yan Chen, January 2013
IFC Microfinance in Myanmar

Investing in Burma
Nick Slepko, 9 July 2012
Investing

IMF consultation report highlights Burma’s weaknesses
IMF Country Report No.12/104, May 2012
IMF consultation report

Burma’s economy: Can world-class advisors make a difference?
Kyi May Kaung, 7 February 2012
Can world-class advisors make a difference?

Government Salaries and Benefits
Kyaw Hla Maung (Kyaukpyu), 6 December 2011
Salaries and Benefits (PDF File in Burmese)

Burma's Economy: Mismanagement As Usual
by ALTSEAN, 4 November 2011
Burma's Economy (PDF File in English)

Did the Exchange Rate in Burma Really Change?
by Bo Bo Kyaw Nyein, 5 September 2011
Exchange Rate in Burma (in Burmese)

National Level Workshop on Reforms for Economic Development
by U Myint
Myanmar International Convention Center, Naypyidaw
August 19-21, 2011
Burma Foreign Exchange Rate (PDF File in Burmese)
Burma Foreign Exchange Rate (PDF File in English by VOA)

 

Sen's Ten-point Proposal: Could it Change Burma?
By Htet Aung, Irrawaddy, December 27, 2010
Amartya Sen's Ten-point Proposal

 

New Myanmar is the hell-hole old Burma
by Amartya Sen, DVB
Part 1 - 24 November 2010: The hell-hole old Burma (Pt. 1)
Part 2 - 25 November 2010: The hell-hole old Burma (Pt. 2)


Sanctions

Economic Sanctions
Kyaw Nyunt, 1 July 2012
စီးပြားေရးပိတ္ဆို႔ဒဏ္ခတ္

Factbox: Sanctions on Myanmar
Reuters, 16 March 2012
Sanctions on Myanmar


Burma Economic Watch is a web page that provides up-to-date and reliable data, analysis and commentary on the economy of Burma.
MacQuarie University, Sydney, Australia
http://www.econ.mq.edu.au/research/burma_economic_watch

Statement at the Conclusion of the 2011 Article IV Mission to Myanmar
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Press Release No. 12/25, January 25, 2012
Press Release