The Asia Foundation Report

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  The Myanmar Business Environment Index 2019: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development 

  Malesky, Edmund; Dulay, Dean; Keesecker, Jon (The Asia Foundation, 2019-06-30)

  Myanmar faces major challenges to achieving inclusive economic growth throughout the country. In the past decade, the government of Myanmar has undertaken a number of important economic reforms to liberalize the economy and spark new economic growth. Fundamental changes in investment promotion, monetary policy, and other areas have helped lay the groundwork for new economic activity. The resulting ...

  Myanmar faces major challenges to achieving inclusive economic growth throughout the country. In the past decade, the government of Myanmar has undertaken a number of important economic reforms to liberalize the economy and spark new economic growth. ...
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  Decentralizing Power: The Role of State and Region Governments in Myanmar’s Energy Sector 

  Pont, Peter du (The Asia Foundation, 2019-04-30)

  This report explores the role of Myanmar’s state and region governments in the development of the country’s energy sector, and how they can increase their agency in shaping their own and the nation’s energy future. It is a companion to the Asia Foundation’s October 2018 report, State and Region Governments in Myanmar, which examines the structure and execution of subnational governance and articulates ...

  This report explores the role of Myanmar’s state and region governments in the development of the country’s energy sector, and how they can increase their agency in shaping their own and the nation’s energy future. It is a companion to the Asia ...
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  Updates from Washington, DC April 2019 

  Foundation, The Asia (The Asia Foundation, 2019-04-30)

  In this issue: Cambodia, Update on Nepal’s Federalism, Addressing the Gender Divide in India, Lotus Leadership Awards Dinner, Let’s Read! Initiative, Indonesian Elections, Pakistani Women in Law, 2019 Development Fellows, Myanmar’s Energy Sector, and Shifting to Planned Urbanization in Asia

  In this issue: Cambodia, Update on Nepal’s Federalism, Addressing the Gender Divide in India, Lotus Leadership Awards Dinner, Let’s Read! Initiative, Indonesian Elections, Pakistani Women in Law, 2019 Development Fellows, Myanmar’s Energy Sector, and ...
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  A Survey of the Nepali People in 2018 

  School of Arts, Kathmandu University; Analysts, Interdisciplinary; Aid, Australian (The Asia Foundation, 2019-04-30)

  Nepal suffered a devastating earthquake in 2015, promulgated a new Constitution the same year, and conducted national and subnational elections in 2017. These were politically, economically, and socially eventful three years for Nepal. In 2018, with a government of sizable majority coming to power and provincial and local governments gradually settling down, Nepalis finally have the opportunity to ...

  Nepal suffered a devastating earthquake in 2015, promulgated a new Constitution the same year, and conducted national and subnational elections in 2017. These were politically, economically, and socially eventful three years for Nepal. In 2018, with a ...

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