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Investment

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) The Myanmar Investment Commission approved six new investment projects which can create over 2,600 local job opportunities and are from the sectors of power, manufacturing, hotels and tourism, including a renewable […]

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Agriculture

Myanmar agricultural sector accounts for some 38% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), but yields are low due to farmers being cut-off from modern technology under the previous regime for decades. The agricultural sector […]

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Poverty

In 2017, 24.8 percent of Myanmar’s 53 million people lived below the national poverty lines, meaning roughly 13 million had less than 1,590 kyats (1.20 U.S. dollars) per day. (Source: ADB)