EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MYANMAR: ANALYSIS OF FARM PRODUCTION ECONOMICS This report was prepared by the World Bank in partnership with the Livelihoods and Food Security Multi-Donor Trust Fund (LIFT). Both the World Bank and the LIFT are actively involved in supporting Myanmar’s agriculture sector given its significance in poverty reduction and food security, and they both […]
Italian-Thai’s hydropower project in lower Myanmar allegedly stops
May 26, 2013 by thiha
Myanmar government has allegedly stopped a hydropower dam project with Italian-Thai Company in Taninthayi region of lower Myanmar due to concern of possible environmental and social impacts. Italian-Thai’s dam project located near Myeik township will generate about 800 mega watt (MW) electricity upon completion, but it will pose flood risks to the thousands of acres […]
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