ARTICLES

5 Nov 2024

Myanmar’s Agricultural Sector Under the SAC: An Uncertain Future

Jared Bissinger

Myanmar’s agricultural sector fared relatively well in 2023. The prognosis moving forward is not so bright.

23 Aug 2024

Lagging Wages Hurting Myanmar’s Garment Workers and Undermining the Industry

Jared Bissinger

The low wages in Myanmar’s troubled garment sector are just one indicator of how badly the political upheaval and violence have affected people’s lives. Foreign garment brands and factories still in-country should consider workers’ views that they stay but increase wages.

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29 Jul 2024

Myanmar’s Economy Deeper in the Mire

Romain Caillaud

The State Administration Council’s coercive and controlling approach to the economy does not bode well for Myanmar’s mid- to long-term prospects.

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23 Jul 2024

Myanmar’s Trade Takes a Turn for the Worse

Jared Bissinger

Three plus years of conflict have ravaged Myanmar’s economy and its military rulers can no longer paper over deeper structural obstacles to prevent a serious downturn.

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11 Jul 2024

Myanmar’s Military Funds Its War through Forex Policy

Jared Bissinger

Myanmar’s military regime is increasingly utilising foreign exchange policy to extract funding, which threatens to hasten economic decline. It is important to find avenues for economic activity outside the system for the benefit of Myanmar’s people.

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13 Jun 2024

Sanctions Will Not Bankrupt Myanmar’s Military But New Approaches to Trade and Finance Might

Jared Bissinger

Opponents of Myanmar’s military regime can think more creatively about how to cut off the flow of foreign funds to the junta. If done more comprehensively, it can not only undermine the military but also arrest the economy in crisis.

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22 Apr 2024

A Tightening Noose Heightens Risks to Investors in Myanmar’s Economy

Romain Caillaud

The continued fallout of Operation 1027 and the military regime’s rollout of conscription raise the stakes for Myanmar’s ailing economy.

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28 Nov 2023

Time to Collect: The SAC’s Actions Come to Bite Myanmar’s Economy

Romain Caillaud

Myanmar’s civil war is showing up the clumsiness of the junta’s economic policies. The poorest households and workers will be the hardest hit.

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A woman smiles after she received a bag of rice distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP) as part of food aid efforts to support residents living in poor communities on the outskirts of Yangon. Myanmar's economy and banking system have been paralysed since the military's power-grab in early February, leading to disaster for millions of people who the World Food Programme has warned could go hungry in the coming months. (Photo by AFP / STR / MYANMAR-COUP-POLITICS-FOOD, FOCUS)

3 Nov 2023

Saving Myanmar’s Post-coup Economy: Strategic and Pragmatic Solutions

Aung Tun

Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC) regime has been unable to stem continuous economic woes since the February 2021 coup. However, the situation calls for balanced approach of supporting the democratic movement while advocating for policies that ameliorate the economic condition of Myanmar households.

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22 Sep 2022

Searching for Keys as the Kyat Goes Out of Kilter

Khine Win

The Central Bank of Myanmar's responses have failed to prevent rapid currency depreciation or alleviate the balance of payment situation, which has worsened due to increased capital outflows and decreased foreign direct investment. The stoppage of foreign loans and donations has also compounded Myanmar's fiscal troubles.

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