The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the National Community Driven Development Project (NCDDP). The IDA N° of the financing agreement is N° H814MM. The Department of Rural Development (DRD) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, in its role as […]
Govt to use K2.8bn from emergency fund to supply electricity in Kayin
The government is planning to use K2.8 billion from the emergency fund to supply electricity in Kawkareik and nearby villages and Myawady, which is buying electricity from Thailand, said Deputy Minister Dr Tun Naing of Electricity and Energy during a parliament session on February 13. “The ministry is building a 230 KV power grid of […]
Roads can convert Myanmar from economic void to hub
YANGON — Once regarded as “Asia’s missing link,” Myanmar is undergoing a road construction boom. Seen as vital for economic development, arterial roads are being planned and built with greater urgency, and advances in democratization as well as cease-fires with ethnic minority rebels have sped projects along. The construction of roads connecting Myanmar with […]
Myanmar needs more infrastructure
MUSE, Myanmar — Towering apartment blocks are going up on the northern bank of the Shweli River in the border town of Ruili, in China’s Yunnan Province. On the opposite river bank, in Myanmar’s Shan State, the ground is being prepared for something similar in Muse. In the late 1930s, the ancient trade and migration […]