<a href=”https://youtu.be/pCvYiQYDHcE” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://consult-myanmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/doingbusinessinmyanmar-thumbnail2.jpg” width=”600″ height=”250″ /> </a> YANGON — Myanmar’s president has instructed the government, state-owned enterprises and private companies involved in the country’s extractive sector to publicly disclose any contracts from Jan. 1. The President’s Office stated that all parties must follow “contract transparency”, starting on New Year’s Day, in collaboration with Myanmar […]
Myanmar President Orders Mining Firms to Publish Contracts, Boosting Transparency
How Myanmar’s Foreign Policy Is Likely to Evolve in the NLD’s Second Term
<a href=”https://youtu.be/pCvYiQYDHcE” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://consult-myanmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/doingbusinessinmyanmar-thumbnail2.jpg” width=”600″ height=”250″ /> </a> Before the November election, Myanmar received three high-level visits from China, Japan and India. In October, a US trade delegation also visited, meeting State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and senior ministers. The US delegation said it hoped to boost post-coronavirus investment in the country and […]
Letter: Insurance shouldn’t be excluded from competition policy
MADAM – I am writing to raise two concerns in response to your September 27 article “State insurer to be exempted from competition watchdog”. The major concern lies with the prospect of the insurance sector being exempted from the Competition Law. In this regard, I agree with your unnamed source that “If the competition law […]
Foreign Investment in Agriculture Rests on Policy Support, Innovation, Says Dentons
Myanmar’s agricultural sector is ‘very close’ to seeing an uptick in foreign investment but only if the government continues providing policy support and if investors are willing to ‘innovate’, according to the Myanmar resident partner of the world’s largest law firm. After decades of neglect, Myanmar’s largest industry lags well behind that of regional neighbours […]
HelpAge invites open tender for consultants to submit EOI for delivery of the assignment; Closing Date; Dec 6, 2015
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list Terms of Reference – Policy Mentoring International Consultant Myanmar is facing a disease transition towards increasingly greater burdens from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), in contrast to burdens that were previously dominated by communicable diseases and maternal/neonatal and nutrition disorders. The health system in Myanmar requires assistance to respond effectively, […]
Embattled Motor Vehicle Law to Become Public in September
In order to inform the public about the draft Motor Vehicle Law, the Myanmar Motor Vehicle Producers and Distributors Association will publish a draft of the law by the end of September. Comments and suggestions from the public will be allowed to revise the draft law, Dr Soe Tun, chairman of the association, said. “The […]