Myanmar Investment Climate Assessment : Sustaining Reforms in a Time of Transition
This is the first investment climate assessment (ICA) for Myanmar. The main objectives of this ICA are to: (i) provide an up-to-date and fact-based analysis of the business environment for the government and other stakeholders in Myanmar to help pr...
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ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK APPLICATION PROCEDURE ASSET FINANCING ASSET RATIO BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK ASSETS BANK BORROWING BANK FINANCING BANK SUPERVISION BANKING CRISIS BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING INSTITUTIONS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SUPERVISION BANKING SYSTEM BANKRUPTCY BANKS BOND BOND ISSUANCE BORROWING BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ACTIVITY BUSINESS CENSUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LOAN BUSINESS LOANS BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS REGULATION CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL BANK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REGISTRATION COLLATERAL REGISTRIES COLLATERAL REQUIREMENT COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COLLATERAL RESTRICTIONS COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPANY LAW COOPERATIVES CORRUPTION CREDIBILITY CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT FACILITIES CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM CURRENCY DATA AVAILABILITY DEBT DEBT FINANCING DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEPOSIT DEPOSIT PRODUCTS DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DOMESTIC BANKING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATION SYSTEM EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENDOWMENTS EQUAL ACCESS EQUITY FINANCING ETHNIC MINORITY EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTER EXTERNAL FUNDS FINANCE ACCESS FINANCE CONSTRAINTS FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCING NEEDS FISCAL DEFICIT FIXED ASSET FIXED ASSETS FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FORM OF COLLATERAL FORMS OF COLLATERAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GENDER GENDER ROLES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROWTH IN TRADE GUARANTEE AGENCY HOLDING HOLDINGS HOUSEHOLDS INFLATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE CAP INTEREST RATE CAPS INTEREST RATE CEILING INTEREST RATES INTERNAL FUNDS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL INTEREST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT LOANS INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT PURPOSES LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LAND AS COLLATERAL LAND ISSUES LAND POLICY LAND RECORD LAND TITLES LIABILITY LIBERALIZATION OF INTEREST LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATION LOAN APPLICATION PROCEDURES LOAN MATURITIES LOAN MATURITY LOAN PRODUCTS LOAN SIZES LOAN-TO-DEPOSIT RATIO MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET ECONOMY MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET MECHANISMS MARKET PARTICIPANTS MATURITY MATURITY STRUCTURE MFIS MICROENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE SECTOR MONEY MARKET MORTGAGES PERSONAL FINANCE PERSONAL LOAN PERSONAL LOANS POWER OUTAGES PRIVATE BANK PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION CAPACITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP REFORM PROGRAM REGISTRATION SYSTEMS REGULATOR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY SYSTEM REMITTANCE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVES RETURN RISK MANAGEMENT SALES GROWTH SECURITIES SETTLEMENT SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SOURCE OF FUNDS STATE BANKS STOCK MARKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TERM DEPOSIT TERMS OF LOAN TRADE CREDIT TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE UNION WOMEN OWNERS WORKING CAPITAL WORLD ECONOMY |
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ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK APPLICATION PROCEDURE ASSET FINANCING ASSET RATIO BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK ASSETS BANK BORROWING BANK FINANCING BANK SUPERVISION BANKING CRISIS BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING INSTITUTIONS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SUPERVISION BANKING SYSTEM BANKRUPTCY BANKS BOND BOND ISSUANCE BORROWING BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ACTIVITY BUSINESS CENSUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LOAN BUSINESS LOANS BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS REGULATION CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL BANK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REGISTRATION COLLATERAL REGISTRIES COLLATERAL REQUIREMENT COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COLLATERAL RESTRICTIONS COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPANY LAW COOPERATIVES CORRUPTION CREDIBILITY CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT FACILITIES CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM CURRENCY DATA AVAILABILITY DEBT DEBT FINANCING DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEPOSIT DEPOSIT PRODUCTS DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DOMESTIC BANKING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATION SYSTEM EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENDOWMENTS EQUAL ACCESS EQUITY FINANCING ETHNIC MINORITY EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTER EXTERNAL FUNDS FINANCE ACCESS FINANCE CONSTRAINTS FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCING NEEDS FISCAL DEFICIT FIXED ASSET FIXED ASSETS FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FORM OF COLLATERAL FORMS OF COLLATERAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GENDER GENDER ROLES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROWTH IN TRADE GUARANTEE AGENCY HOLDING HOLDINGS HOUSEHOLDS INFLATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE CAP INTEREST RATE CAPS INTEREST RATE CEILING INTEREST RATES INTERNAL FUNDS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL INTEREST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT LOANS INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT PURPOSES LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LAND AS COLLATERAL LAND ISSUES LAND POLICY LAND RECORD LAND TITLES LIABILITY LIBERALIZATION OF INTEREST LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATION LOAN APPLICATION PROCEDURES LOAN MATURITIES LOAN MATURITY LOAN PRODUCTS LOAN SIZES LOAN-TO-DEPOSIT RATIO MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET ECONOMY MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET MECHANISMS MARKET PARTICIPANTS MATURITY MATURITY STRUCTURE MFIS MICROENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE SECTOR MONEY MARKET MORTGAGES PERSONAL FINANCE PERSONAL LOAN PERSONAL LOANS POWER OUTAGES PRIVATE BANK PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION CAPACITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP REFORM PROGRAM REGISTRATION SYSTEMS REGULATOR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY SYSTEM REMITTANCE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVES RETURN RISK MANAGEMENT SALES GROWTH SECURITIES SETTLEMENT SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SOURCE OF FUNDS STATE BANKS STOCK MARKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TERM DEPOSIT TERMS OF LOAN TRADE CREDIT TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE UNION WOMEN OWNERS WORKING CAPITAL WORLD ECONOMY World Bank Group Myanmar Investment Climate Assessment : Sustaining Reforms in a Time of Transition |
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East Asia and Pacific Myanmar |
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This is the first investment climate
assessment (ICA) for Myanmar. The main objectives of this
ICA are to: (i) provide an up-to-date and fact-based
analysis of the business environment for the government and
other stakeholders in Myanmar to help prioritize and
contextualize the reform agenda, and (ii) to offer a
baseline for future assessments of progress in terms of the
investment climate reform agenda. As requested by the
government, the Myanmar ICA will directly support the
ongoing reform program. The government has requested an
analytical foundation for the ongoing reform program, and a
means for prioritizing the legal and institutional changes
that are currently being initiated. This ICA is based on the
2014 Myanmar enterprise survey (ES). The Myanmar ICA
provides a comprehensive analysis of the country's ES.
The ES in Myanmar was carried out between February and April
2014, although significant work preceded and followed the
survey itself. This ICA report is organized into four
chapters. The first chapter provides an introduction into
the context of Myanmar's challenges in terms of the
overall economy and the investment climate in particular.
The second chapter analyzes the main constraints faced by
firms operating in Myanmar today, in particular the
constrained access to inputs like finance, land,
electricity, and skilled workers. The third chapter looks at
policies the government has in place for overseeing the
economy, such as firm regulations and taxation. The fourth
and concluding chapter provides policy recommendations that
follow from the analysis, in terms of the process of reform
and the specific reform steps needed over the short and
medium terms. The annex to this report provides details on
the methodology of the ES. |
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World Bank Group |
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Myanmar Investment Climate Assessment : Sustaining Reforms in a Time of Transition |
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Myanmar Investment Climate Assessment : Sustaining Reforms in a Time of Transition |
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Myanmar Investment Climate Assessment : Sustaining Reforms in a Time of Transition |
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Myanmar Investment Climate Assessment : Sustaining Reforms in a Time of Transition |
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Myanmar Investment Climate Assessment : Sustaining Reforms in a Time of Transition |
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myanmar investment climate assessment : sustaining reforms in a time of transition |
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Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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okr-10986-215962021-04-23T14:04:03Z Myanmar Investment Climate Assessment : Sustaining Reforms in a Time of Transition World Bank Group ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK APPLICATION PROCEDURE ASSET FINANCING ASSET RATIO BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK ASSETS BANK BORROWING BANK FINANCING BANK SUPERVISION BANKING CRISIS BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING INSTITUTIONS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SUPERVISION BANKING SYSTEM BANKRUPTCY BANKS BOND BOND ISSUANCE BORROWING BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ACTIVITY BUSINESS CENSUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LOAN BUSINESS LOANS BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS REGULATION CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL BANK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REGISTRATION COLLATERAL REGISTRIES COLLATERAL REQUIREMENT COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COLLATERAL RESTRICTIONS COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPANY LAW COOPERATIVES CORRUPTION CREDIBILITY CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT FACILITIES CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM CURRENCY DATA AVAILABILITY DEBT DEBT FINANCING DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEPOSIT DEPOSIT PRODUCTS DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DOMESTIC BANKING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATION SYSTEM EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENDOWMENTS EQUAL ACCESS EQUITY FINANCING ETHNIC MINORITY EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTER EXTERNAL FUNDS FINANCE ACCESS FINANCE CONSTRAINTS FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCING NEEDS FISCAL DEFICIT FIXED ASSET FIXED ASSETS FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FORM OF COLLATERAL FORMS OF COLLATERAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GENDER GENDER ROLES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROWTH IN TRADE GUARANTEE AGENCY HOLDING HOLDINGS HOUSEHOLDS INFLATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE CAP INTEREST RATE CAPS INTEREST RATE CEILING INTEREST RATES INTERNAL FUNDS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL INTEREST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT LOANS INVESTMENT POLICY INVESTMENT PURPOSES LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LACK OF ACCESS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LAND AS COLLATERAL LAND ISSUES LAND POLICY LAND RECORD LAND TITLES LIABILITY LIBERALIZATION OF INTEREST LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE LINE OF CREDIT LINES OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN APPLICATION LOAN APPLICATION PROCEDURES LOAN MATURITIES LOAN MATURITY LOAN PRODUCTS LOAN SIZES LOAN-TO-DEPOSIT RATIO MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET ECONOMY MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET MECHANISMS MARKET PARTICIPANTS MATURITY MATURITY STRUCTURE MFIS MICROENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE SECTOR MONEY MARKET MORTGAGES PERSONAL FINANCE PERSONAL LOAN PERSONAL LOANS POWER OUTAGES PRIVATE BANK PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION CAPACITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP REFORM PROGRAM REGISTRATION SYSTEMS REGULATOR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY SYSTEM REMITTANCE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVES RETURN RISK MANAGEMENT SALES GROWTH SECURITIES SETTLEMENT SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SOURCE OF FUNDS STATE BANKS STOCK MARKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TERM DEPOSIT TERMS OF LOAN TRADE CREDIT TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE UNION WOMEN OWNERS WORKING CAPITAL WORLD ECONOMY This is the first investment climate assessment (ICA) for Myanmar. The main objectives of this ICA are to: (i) provide an up-to-date and fact-based analysis of the business environment for the government and other stakeholders in Myanmar to help prioritize and contextualize the reform agenda, and (ii) to offer a baseline for future assessments of progress in terms of the investment climate reform agenda. As requested by the government, the Myanmar ICA will directly support the ongoing reform program. The government has requested an analytical foundation for the ongoing reform program, and a means for prioritizing the legal and institutional changes that are currently being initiated. This ICA is based on the 2014 Myanmar enterprise survey (ES). The Myanmar ICA provides a comprehensive analysis of the country's ES. The ES in Myanmar was carried out between February and April 2014, although significant work preceded and followed the survey itself. This ICA report is organized into four chapters. The first chapter provides an introduction into the context of Myanmar's challenges in terms of the overall economy and the investment climate in particular. The second chapter analyzes the main constraints faced by firms operating in Myanmar today, in particular the constrained access to inputs like finance, land, electricity, and skilled workers. The third chapter looks at policies the government has in place for overseeing the economy, such as firm regulations and taxation. The fourth and concluding chapter provides policy recommendations that follow from the analysis, in terms of the process of reform and the specific reform steps needed over the short and medium terms. The annex to this report provides details on the methodology of the ES. 2015-03-11T21:55:38Z 2015-03-11T21:55:38Z 2015-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23978308/myanmar-investment-climate-assessment-sustaining-reforms-time-transition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21596 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) East Asia and Pacific Myanmar |