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    Asian Development Bank and Myanmar: Fact Sheet

    Asian Development Bank | April 2009
    Abstract
    Updated yearly, this ADB Fact Sheet provides social and economic indicators on Myanmar as well as concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information. Myanmar is the second largest country in Southeast Asia, bordering five nations, and is endowed with rich natural resources—arable land, forestry, minerals (including gas and oil), and freshwater and marine resources. However, poverty, particularly in remote and border areas, is a major challenge for the country with poverty incidence estimated at 26.6% (20.7% for urban areas and 28.4% for rural areas), according to the 2001 Household Income and Expenditure Survey. The economy underperforms because of macroeconomic imbalances and structural problems that include a wide fiscal deficit due to high public expenditure, losses by state-owned enterprises, and a dual exchange rate system.
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    Asian Development Bank. 2009. Asian Development Bank and Myanmar: Fact Sheet. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5795.
    Keywords
    Poverty Analysis
    Participatory Poverty Assessment
    Poverty Reduction Strategy
    Extreme Poverty
    Economic development
    Growth And Poverty
    Income Distribution
    Demographic Indicators
    Social Justice
    Price stabilization
    Food prices
    Price policy
    Social change
    Social accounting
    Inequality of income
    Economic growth
    Qualilty of Life
    Open price system
    Price fixing
    Price regulation
    Consumer price indexes
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