Documents & Reports
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Women and Entrepreneurship : Identifying Barriers and Increasing Opportunities for Female Entrepreneurs in Myanmar (English)
The private sector of a country is crucial to its economic growth and prosperity. This is particularly true of developing countries as the vast majority of formal and informal jobs are generated within...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 154784 Document Date: August 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dall'Aglio,Chiara,Hayati,Fayavar,Lee,David James
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Reforming Export Licenses in Myanmar : Recommendations for Ministry of Commerce (English)
Myanmar is part of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and a signatory of ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). These arrangements have a legal obligation which require members to align its overall trade and...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 149901 Document Date: June 22, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rahardja,Sjamsu,Artuso,Fabio,Maw,Aka Kyaw Min
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Functional Review of the Myanmar Union Ministry of Commerce (English)
Myanmar’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) continues its evolution from a state trading agency to a ministry responsible for trade-related policy. Initially called the Ministry of Commerce, Supplies, and Transportation...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 149903 Document Date: June 22, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rahardja,Sjamsu,Bhatti,Zubair Khurshid
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Myanmar Trade and Mobility Update : Flash Note Ten (English)
This brief focuses on Myanmar’s trade in the first seven and half months of FY 2019-2020, which was higher compared to the same period last year despite the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Trade deficit...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 149875 Document Date: June 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Myanmar's Latest Trade Outcomes as the Impact of COVID 19 Emerges : Flash Note Eight (English)
This brief focuses on Myanmar’s trade in the first six months of FY 2019-2020, which was higher compared to the same period last year despite the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Land border trade with...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 149874 Document Date: June 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Myanmar National Single Window : Blueprint for Implementation (English)
The government of Myanmar plans to implement a national single window to facilitate international trade and drive economic growth. Reducing time and paperwork for processing cargo clearance through a single...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 149913 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rahardja,Sjamsu,Bartley Johns,Marcus,Mishra,Deepak K.
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Myanmar - Doing Business Reform Memorandum (English)
The World Bank Group’s Doing Business project provides a measure of the ‘ease of doing business’ in 190 countries through a set of objective indicators that focus on the impact of laws, regulations and...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 149898 Document Date: April 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Harmonized System Classification for Low Risk Product : Status Report (English)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the Myanmar authority tasked to ensure the safety of drug and processed food in Myanmar. Over the last decade the imports of food by Myanmar has risen manifold...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 149911 Document Date: February 8, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Thomas,Brian James David,Rahardja,Sjamsu