Myanmar: Bust To Boom Or Bust To Bust?
September 5th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an interesting article on Myanmar: Walking down the street in Yangon, the feeling of change is palpable. New buildings are being constructed and you cannot help but notice the influx of foreign tourists visiting the local sites. There is a lot to like about the opening of one of the world’s last […]
Read more »Myanmar’s Energy Potential: Opportunities And Challenges For Neighbouring India
August 22nd, 2013
Via Eurasia Review, a report on Myanmar’s energy potential: The Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline (Myanmar section) commenced delivery of natural gas to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) after it was inaugurated by Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun at Mandalay on July 28. The pipeline is part of the Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipeline […]
Read more »The Uncertain Future of the Sino-Myanmar Pipeline
August 6th, 2013
Via STRAFOR (subscription required), a report on an energy corridor being built by China to Myanmar: Domestic political opposition and security concerns in Myanmar could threaten an energy pipeline built in the country by China, its longtime patron. Beijing conceived of the pipeline before Myanmar began its opening to the rest of the world in […]
Read more »Myanmar Firms Feel Pinch From Abroad
August 2nd, 2013
Via Wall Street Journal, an interesting article on the impact of foreign consumer-goods companies on the local Myanmar market: The world’s biggest consumer companies are flocking to Myanmar, filling the once-pariah nation and its backward economy with goods previously unavailable to its 60 million people. But not everyone is happy. Some of the country’s biggest […]
Read more »Myanmar, Bangladesh And India: Prospects For Energy Co-operation
July 29th, 2013
Courtesy of Future Directions, an interesting look at the potential for Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India to cooperate on energy issues: Key Points The Myanmar-Bangladesh-India (MBI) gas pipeline has received renewed attention recently after reports that India and Myanmar/Burma are reconsidering the project in a form that bypasses Bangladesh. Geopolitical issues, particularly Bangladesh’s relationship with India, […]
Read more »Myanmar: Promise … With Pitfalls
June 1st, 2013
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on the investment potential of Myanmar: MANY OUTSIDERS SEE Myanmar’s opening up as an unmissable economic opportunity. It is the last large Asian country to become connected to the world economy, leaving only North Korea, which is both smaller and infinitely less promising. Myanmar, with about 60m people, is […]
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