Coke To Enter Myanmar For First Time In 60 Years
June 16th, 2012
Via The Huffington Post, a report on Coke’s return to Myanmar: The Coca-Cola Co. plans to start selling its drinks in Myanmar for the first time in 60 years, following the U.S. government’s decision to suspend investment sanctions on the country for its democratic reforms. Myanmar is one of three countries where Coca-Cola doesn’t do […]
Read more »Myanmar: Economy Set To Boom
May 22nd, 2012
Via Two Circles, an article on Myanmar’s economic potential: Myanmar’s economy looks set for rapid expansion although concerns over inflation, infrastructure and political stability remain, according to an international report. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a leading resource for economic and business research, has predicted in its latest report on Myanmar this week that the […]
Read more »Myanmar: A Gold Mine With Frontier Risks?
May 13th, 2012
Via the Emerging Frontier blog, another look at Myanmar: As Myanmar prepares for an economic resurgence following the end of decades of military rule, wide-eyed firms from all over Asia are competing for a piece of the potentially lucrative pie. With largely untapped natural resources, including minerals, metals and fossil fuels, and a tourism sector […]
Read more »China’s Pipeline From Myanmar Under Pressure
May 8th, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a look at the challenges related to the planned Chinese pipeline from Myanmar’s west coast to China: In late February, Burmese vice-president U Tin Aung Mying Oo led a ministerial delegation to Maday Island on Myanmar’s west coast, the starting point for two major pipelines that will carry oil and gas to […]
Read more »Can Myanmar Mimic China’s Transition?
April 24th, 2012
Via Asia News Network, a look at the potential of Myanmar to follow China’s development path: China has been praised for its successful economic development after adopting a market economy. It has overtaken Japan to become the world’s second-largest economy. Now Myanmar has started to open up to the world. It will be interesting to […]
Read more »The Pipeline That Wasn’t: Myanmar-Bangladesh-India Natural Gas Pipeline
April 21st, 2012
Courtesy of The Journal of Energy Security, a report on a potential Myanmar-Bangladesh-India natural gas pipeline that did not come to fruition: The lack of convergence in the energy security policies of India and Bangladesh has impacted the outcome of the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India (MBI) pipeline project. This project, envisaged as an important aspect of the energy […]
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