Myanmar and ADB
In the Spotlight
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Foreign Investment, Policy Reforms to Boost Myanmar's Growth in 2019 and 2020 — ADB
Myanmar’s economic growth is expected to pick up in 2019 and 2020, thanks to higher foreign direct investment (FDI) and positive responses to the government’s economic and policy reforms, according to a new ADB report.
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ADB, Ascent Capital's Equity Investment Deal to Provide Growth Capital to Private Enterprises in Myanmar
ADB signed an agreement to provide a $10 million equity investment to Ascent Myanmar Growth Fund I LP, a private equity fund, for much-needed capital investment of small and medium-sized enterprises in the country.
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SASEC Vision for Myanmar
This publication identifies regional and subregional opportunities for Myanmar to harness natural and human resources, industrial potential, and infrastructure connectivity as part of the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program.
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ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide 2018: Myanmar
This Bond Market Guide provides an update for current and future domestic, regional, and international market participants on the tremendous developments in the Myanmar securities market.
Emerging from decades of economic and political isolation, Myanmar is striving for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction. The country has strong potential for broad economic expansion, possessing abundant natural resources, a strategic location at the crossroads of Asia, a young population, and a sizable market with wide-ranging investment opportunities. Successful national elections, held in November 2015, represented an important milestone in Myanmar’s transition.
ADB operations in Myanmar focuses on building human resources and capacity, creating an enabling economic environment, and expanding access and connectivity.
Myanmar is a member of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
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13th Informal Meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Finance Ministers - Shixin Chen
Speech by Shixin Chen, ADB Vice President (Operations 1), at the 13th Informal Meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Finance Ministers on 2 May 2019 in Nadi, FijiASEAN+3 Bond Markets More Developed Than Ever — ADB
The 10 economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) are now better placed than they have ever been to withstand any global liquidity crunch...
This publication provides an overview of central securities depository and real-time gross settlement linkages in the ASEAN+3 region.
Common Understanding on International Standards and Gateways for Central Securities Depository and Real-Time Gross Settlement (CSD–RTGS) Linkages
Projects in Myanmar
Proposed
- Second Greater Mekong Subregion Highway Modernization Project (formerly GMS East-West Economic Corridor Highway Development Project)
- Second Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project
- Rural Roads and Access Project
- Resilient Communities Development Project
- Advancing Cooperation in the Maritime Sector in South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Program
Approved/Active
- Support for Human and Social Development in Southeast Asia
- Agricultural Value Chain Development in Selected Asian Countries
- Impact Evaluation of the Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project
- Ascent Myanmar Growth Fund I L.P.
- Southeast Asia Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development Facility
Closed
- Mekong Tourism Innovation
- Greater Mekong Subregion: Capacity Development for Economic Zones in Border Areas
- Asian Development Outlook 2016-2018 - Asian Development Outlook 2016 (Subproject 1)
- Malaria and Communicable Diseases Control in the Greater Mekong Subregion
- Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project