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An alarming surge in illegal wildlife trade in Southeast Asia
With a recent purge by American social media giant Facebook on advertisements for the illicit sale of animals in Yangon, Myanmar, the discourse around...
1.1 million Rohingya refugee is now out of thinking amid the pandemic
Next August will be the third anniversary of the Rohingya genocide and the forcible exile. Bangladesh has given shelter to Rohingyas who fled Myanmar...
Turning on the Lights for 450,000 People in Rural Myanmar
More than 450,000 people in rural Myanmar are expected to gain access to clean energy for the first time following the signing of a...
Myanmar’s Economy Severely Impacted by COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic is dealing a severe blow to Myanmar’s economy. Economic growth in a baseline scenario is projected to drop from 6.8...
Myanmar: Power System Efficiency Project Brings Country Closer to Universal Electricity Access
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $350 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to increase the output and...
Myanmar gears up for action on climate change
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his recent report on the Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 that governments should not respond to the COVID-19 crisis...
Democracy is sliding away in Myanmar, warns top rights investigator
Daily fighting in Myanmar, widespread internet blackouts and reporting
restrictions, indicate that the shift to more democratic rule is “sliding
away”, a senior UN-appointed independent rights...
Myanmar: New Project Aims to Improve Education Quality and Access Across Country
A project to improve access to, and quality of,
basic education nationwide in Myanmar was approved today by the World Bank’s
Board of Executive Directors. The...
Myanmar doing too little to ensure displaced Rohingya return
UN agencies together with the Bangladesh authorities have appealed for
$877 million to support hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from
Myanmar, where conditions are still...
Formal Recognition for the Rohingya Genocide
Today,
January 31st, is Franz Schubert's birthday and, as I write, the strains of the
final movement of his last symphony "The Great" play in the
background...