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Insights on lending opportunities to women-led businesses: Myanmar
Yet women entrepreneurs face gender-based constraints in building their businesses, including demand, supply and regulatory barriers, and cultural and social norms that are both...
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BTI 2022: Myanmar country report
The BTI is the result of the collaboration of nearly 300 country and regional experts. The Myanmar Country Report 2022 is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Inde...
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BTI 2020: Myanmar country report
This report is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2020. It covers the period from February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2019. The BTI assesses the transform...
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BTI 2018: Myanmar country report
This report is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2018. It covers the period from February 1, 2015 to January 31, 2017. The BTI assesses the transform...
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Justice for Myanmar_Companies Brokering Arms & Equipment to Myanmar Military
The article describes that 116 Myanmar and Singapore companies with 257 directors and shareholders have brokered the supply of weapons and other equipment worth many millions in...
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Non-authoritative Myanmar [township/district/state-region] administrative boundaries based on OpenStreetMap geometry
Non-authoritative Myanmar [township/district/state-region] administrative boundary dataset based on OpenStreetMap boundary data, fusioned with March 2020 shoreline data and GAD ...
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Myanmar's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) 2020 for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (12 July 2021)
Myanmar has developed its NDC 2020 with more determined and detailed climate actions in both areas of mitigation and adaptation compared to the initial report, Intended National...
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World Bank's Myanmar Economic Monitor Jan 2022: Contending with Constraints
Myanmar’s economy and people continue to be severely tested by the ongoing impacts of the military coup and the surge in COVID-19 cases in 2021. Following an expected 18 percent...
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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: how are the world's forests changing? [2016]
Sustainably managed forests provide essential goods and services and thus play a vital part in sustainable development. Reliable and up-to-date information on the state of for...
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Challenges and opportunities of recognizing and protecting customary tenure systems in Myanmar
The previous NLD government took office in April 2016, with strong commitments to addressing land governance issues, increasing land tenure security and making peace with ethnic...
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Rooting out inequalities: Women’s participation in forest management in conflict-affected areas of Karen state in Myanmar
Forests are a critical resource for people in Myanmar, in particular for ethnic minorities such as the Karen people. Neglecting forest management in conflict-affected areas can ...
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Peace on the Salween
Karen indigenous people have turned a war zone into a peace park, drawing on their culture and traditional knowledge to protect their ancestral lands in Karen State, Myanmar.
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Myanmar must improve community forestry plan to fight climate change
Community forestry, in which local people play a fundamental role in forest, and resources management through strengthening community land rights, developing local livelihood an...
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Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis : Assessing the Opportunities for Scaling Up Community Forestry and Community Forestry Enterprises in Myanmar
Rural communities in Myanmar have numerous economic, environmental, and social opportunities but also face challenges as they seek a clear and solid pathway to development. The ...
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Strong Roots: Understanding the Importance of Myanmar’s Indigenous Women as Leaders in Developing Climate Change Solutions
Indigenous women play an important yet often unappreciated role in forest protection all over the world. The publication include a series of essays predominately written by I...
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Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Myanmar
This report provides a review of the knowledge of key direct and indirect drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Myanmar.
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Issuing a statement for legal and official export of teak from Myanmar to EU countries
Right after military has took over the country, Myanmar Forest Products and Timber Merchants Association released a statement for legal and official export of teak from Myanmar ...
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Myanmar's Forests Are at Risk After Military Coup and Economic Sanctions
Myanmar's military regime and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian nation, which is likely...
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Myanmar’s troubled forestry sector seeks global endorsement after coup
The nationally privatized Myanmar Forest Products and Timber Merchants Association (MFPTMA) released a statement claiming its timber trade is fully in compliance with legal and ...
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Myanmar industry profile
The annual rate of deforestation in Myanmar was 1.2% for the period 1990-2015 (FAO, 2015) with rapid expansion of commercial agriculture, alongside legal and illegal logging, an...