YANGON — Myanmar’s economy is set to recover despite a humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State, while the ruling National League for Democracy — two years after it won its historic election victory — finally prepares a comprehensive plan for economic development. Sean Turnell, special economic consultant to State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, told the Nikkei […]
US unlikely to lift sanctions in 2016
March 3, 2016 by
Despite boasting a new democratically elected government that enjoys enormous popular support, Myanmar looks unlikely to shed the US sanctions that have restricted the country for decades, according to experts familiar with the sanctions program. Various individuals and organisations – international and domestic – have called for the US to lift sanctions against Myanmar, following […]
