Strategic Environmental Assessment

IFC report recommends alternatives to high-risk Myitsone

January 3, 2019 by Thiha

A government-sponsored study warned against restarting the highly controversial Myitsone dam and recommended alternatives to develop the country’s hydropower sector. The final version of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the hydropower sector, supported by the energy and environment ministries and authored by the International Finance Corporation, has been published. The SEA involved a range […]

Kyaukphyu port: What happens next?

November 15, 2018 by Thiha

After more than two years of negotiations, the Myanmar government and China’s state-owned CITIC Group signed the framework agreement for the proposed US$1.3 billion deep-sea port in Kyaukphyu on November 8. At the press conference, CITIC chair Chang Zhenming said this meant “the beginning of further steps”. “Signing this agreement is the starting step for […]

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Myanmar to trim Kyaukphyu cost but drops Annan’s strategic review suggestion

July 18, 2018 by Thiha

Nay Pyi Taw’s plan to reduce the cost of Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone, including the proposed deep-sea port, will help cap its external debt load and avoid repeating Sri Lanka’s Hambantota’s precedent, according to London-headquartered research firm BMI Research. At the same time, a government committee has dropped any mentioning of commissioning a Strategic Environmental […]

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Request for expressions of interest for Strategic Consulting & Master Planning Services. New Yangon Development Company Limited, Submission Date: 26 June 2018.

June 18, 2018 by Thiha

(COI No. ISC/ 2017-2018), invites eligible local and/or international consultants to indicate their interest in providing following consultancy- 1.Master Plan and Strategic Plan 2.Traffic and Transport Study 3.Strategic Environmental Assessment 4.Quantity Surveying (QS) Service for the New Yangon City Development Project. Consultants passing the pre-qualification will be invited to prepare the proposals. For further information, […]

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Locals Upset Over IFC Meeting Regarding Salween Hydropower Project

January 25, 2018 by thiha

MANDALAY — Action for Shan State Rivers (ASSR) said on Monday that locals were saddened by the meeting of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) concerning the controversial hydropower projects on the Salween River in Shan State. “Despite disagreements, the IFC held a stakeholder discussion in Taunggyi on Monday, without representatives of impacted locals or local […]

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IFC, Australia Back Nationwide Study on Myanmar’s Hydropower

January 19, 2018 by thiha

AS MYANMAR needs more electricity to realise its development goals during the first civilian government’s term, two ministries have been holding a series of discussions until the third week of January to finalise the countrywide strategic environmental assessment (SEA) on hydropower potential by March. The series of discussions started with a stakeholder meeting in Myitkyina, […]

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Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region Invites Power Investments

January 18, 2018 by thiha

PEOPLE’S thirst for electricity would create a lot of opportunities for investors to do business in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region bordering Kanchanaburi Province. Kyaw Kyaw Win, a small-scale food manufacturer living in Dawei, the capital of the region, said locals were eager to welcome any bid to boost access to electricity by the authorities as long […]

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Can Myanmar’s Hydropower Study Truly be For The People?

November 24, 2016 by thiha

In recent weeks, violent clashes in Kayin State have further disrupted Myanmar’s fragile peace process. Fighting between the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the government-sponsored Border Guard Force (BGF) in Mae Tha Waw areas of Hlaingbwe township, and more recently near Kawkareik township, has displaced over a thousand people. Entire families have fled their homes and are […]