...Executive Summary Myanmar, the last frontier of Asia. With abundance of untapped natural resources and potential growth is the key to her future success. The recent signed “Telecommunication Law” makes Myanmar the last few untouched telecommunication markets in the world. Although sadden with poor infrastructure, the country will be abled to leverage on the “Telecommunication Law” to bring potential growth to other sectors. Although the country is seem as corrupted and with Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) at rank 156th out of 175 countries, President Thein Sein has made many political reforms to improve the governing situation. Overseas investors are starting to gain confidence and build their businesses in Myanmar. Myanmars main exporting commodities includes natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, pulses rice, gems, jade and clothings. And its mainly being exported to Thailand,India, China and Japan . The opening of Japan's Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) is a new milestone achieved as it is the first foreign bank to operate in Myanmar for decades. In this report, we will analyse Myanmar’s recent developments and its new found global and evalute how Myanmar should prioritise over the next 5 years. Table of content 1 Introduction 5 2 Myanmar’s recent developments and its new found global status 6 3 Analysis of Myanmar 7 a. Political 7 i. Politics and issues 7 ii. Corruption 7 b...
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...4.1 Geographic Environment Location Myanmar is located in Southeast Asia, bordered by India and Bangladesh in the northwest, China in the northeast, Laos in the east, Thailand in the east and southeast, and the Indian Ocean to the south and the west. Terrain Myanmar is bordered by China, Thailand, India, Laos and Bangladesh, its coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Availability of natural resources Myanmar is rich in natural resources such as petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, and hydropower. Climate Myanmar has a tropical climate with three seasons: a cool winter from November to February, a hot season in March and April, and a rainy season from May through October. The average annual temperature is 28°C (82°F). Target geographic area Infrastructure construction is expected to have the fast growth, especially, in capial town like Yangon ,as the government of Myanmar is now concerning for infrastructure development to support the country’s economic growth. Myanmar is planning one more new hotel zone in Yangon, to cope with growing prospective visitors. It is expected to be constructed along with the project of the Hanthawaddy Airport. Furthermore, 2014 Asian Summit will be held in Myanmar, the demand for hotel and land has started rising in cities such as Yangon in preparation for supporting foreign investors and tourists to the country. These all...
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...Myanmar in Transition Opportunities and Challenges Myanmar in Transition Opportunities and Challenges August 2012 © 2012 Asian Development Bank All rights reserved. Published in 2012. Printed in the Philippines. ISBN 978-92-9092-812-6 (Print), 978-92-9092-813-3 (PDF) Publication Stock No. RPT124850-2 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Asian Development Bank Myanmar in transition: Opportunities and challenges. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2012. 1. Economic development. 2. Myanmar. I. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ADB encourages printing or copying information exclusively for personal and noncommercial use with proper acknowledgment of ADB. Users are restricted from reselling, redistributing, or creating derivative works for commercial purposes without the express, written consent of ADB. In this report, “$” refers to US dollars unless otherwise specified. Asian Development...
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...Political development of Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar’s ethnic governmental issues are the front-side of the legislative issues of national solidarity in late improvement in Burma. Since the Second World War finished no issue had been all the more forever and midway on the political motivation of Burma than the topic of how to adapt to requests of politicized ethnicity while at the same time keeping up the regional uprightness, security and power of the focal state. In any case, it has been the way in which most individuals from Burma's political tip top and also remote students of history and political researchers have seen the subject of ethnicity which had raised its consequences to the peak of common sense and hypothetical concern. Since ethnicity has for the most part been conceptualized as a credited property with the implied supposition of instinctual and primordial hostilities between diverse gatherings as has been standard in Western political however since the ascent of patriotism, instead of as a social characteristic reflecting biological and subcultural attributes(South 2008). A false issue has been postured in the practice and investigation of Burma's legislative and political issues. The late history of present day Burma has been full of vicious clash, quite a bit of which has been propelled by ideas of ethnicity. Classes of ethnic personality have for the most part been viewed as very little of an issue to most, reflecting constant qualities, which characterize an...
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...“Analyzing Myanmar Higher Education Policy in Meeting Labor Market Demand” Introduction 1.1 Justification In every society, higher education plays a strategic role in creation and distribution of intellectual capacity. Since the late twentieth century, the impacts of globalization and increasing role of knowledge generate both challenges and opportunities for higher education, especially in developing economies. Capacity to participate in knowledge based economy requires qualified human resources. In order to catch up with the high level information and communication technologies, many economies have made efforts to upgrade their higher education respectively. Higher education plays as indispensable role in creating and supplying...
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...study sample [business] cases. [Managers] can make better decision where they have completed master’s-level business studies.” These private institutions in Burma have tied up with universities in Thailand, France, UK and the United States, who provide valuable accreditation to the degrees. Many study for their MBAs while working a job, so courses are structured so that teaching is at weekends and in the evenings. Su Myat Mon, who is studying for an MBA and is also overseas director at SR Worldwide Education, said she preferred to stay in Burma, and stay in her job, to study. “I have wanted a [recognized] management degree, an MBA, for a long time, either at a local or overseas [institution]. But I prefer to take a recognized degree in Myanmar rather than overseas,” she said. The Yangon Institute of Economics’ Department...
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...Thingyan festival – Water Festival – Myanmar New Year - in April The country Myanmar is Known as the "Golden Land" in the world since every pagoda is decorated and painted with gold. Myanmar is full of very colourful and deep rooted festivals. There are 13 most popular year around festivals in Myanmar. One of them is the celebration on Thingyan Festival, as the Water Festival or Myanmar's Traditional New Year Festival. Myanmar people celebrate the Water Festival all over the country for 4 days before New Year day by throwing water on each other. It takes place on April13th to April 16th of every year. It is believed that Water Festival washes away sins and welcomes the New Year, April 17th. The Mandats, water throwing and playing places with the large signboards are every where, not only in the cities but also in the villages. In major cities such as Yangon, garden hoses, huge syringes made of bamboo, plastic water pistols, bowls, cups and other devices from which water can be squirted are used. All these whole days, people are going round to the Mandats with their bicycles, motorbikes, opentop jeeps and trucks to play the water with each other. It is a hottest time of the year and a good dousing is welcomed by most. Everyone is fair game except the monks and obviously pregnant women. After playing around and having fun throughout the country, people welcome the New Year on the 17th by cleaning the floors of the pagodas and monasteries, washing old and aged peoples' hair...
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...Bangladesh keen on business with Myanmar: GM Quader Faruk Khan proposes parliamentary panel to remove trade barriers Bangladesh is keen to do business with Myanmar in a win-win situation for the both next-door neighbours, Commerce Minister GM Quader said yesterday. He said connectivity by air, sea and land is the key to giving a boost to bilateral trade. “I hope all trade barriers with Myanmar will be removed soon. Bangladesh as a close neighbour will enjoy better trade privileges than other countries,” Quader told a seminar at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in Dhaka. The minister also said problems related to the payment mechanism would be resolved as Sonali Bank and the central bank of Myanmar have signed a deal on currency exchange. Bangladesh Myanmar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI) arranged the seminar, 'Doing Business between Bangladesh and Myanmar and Mechanism for Settling Payments' where its honorary adviser Karar Mahmudul Hasan presented a keynote paper. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Faruk Khan hoped that three ways of communication -- air, sea and land -- with Myanmar would soon be made functional which would help strengthen bilateral trade. “All formalities have been done regarding the air route. A final deal will be signed in this regard next month when Myanmar's president will be here,” Khan said adding that the river route would also be made operational soon. “Things are moving fast at the highest government-level. The businesspeople should work faster...
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...total area of 676,552km2 and approximately 48 million populations, estimated in 2008, Myanmar officially acknowledged as Union of Myanmar, the republic in Southeast Asia, which share the border on the west with Bangladesh, on the northwest by India, on the northeast by Yunnan Province, China, and on the east by Laos and Thailand. The longest land border is communal with People’s Republic of China. Burma is known to the world as the nationally official name until 1989; the country’s name was the officially changed by the military government that reigned in 1988. Rangoon is the commercial capital and the largest city, and the administrative capital is Naypyidaw. Concerning with relationship of Myanmar and the largest local organization, ASEAN, Myanmar was stamped with its admission to join as one member state of ASEAN community in 1997. Considered the resource both natural and human capacities, Myanmar, the late-emerged country in the region, anticipated its advantages stemming from joining in ASEAN. Following the participation in the ASEAN community and with the establishment of AFTA agreement signed on 28 January 1992 in Singapore, Myanmar oversights its opportunities in development through the link of commercial trading which allows the free flow of trade, labor and information. However, although the precise advantages retrieved from the ASEAN membership is seen from its current stance, Myanmar also faces with mixed challenges and opportunities in the whole progressive pace of...
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...Review on Myanmar Bottled Water Industry with Porter’s Five Forces Review on Myanmar Bottled Water Industry with Porter’s Five Forces Introduction Bottled drinking water used to be a prestige product till 1990s in Myanmar. Then, the use of bottled water has grown considerably since factories were first set up in the mid-1990s. According to Myanmar Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there are 657 bottled water factories in 2013 which were rose form 320 factories in 2008. Bottled water culture has penetrated even into rural areas of Myanmar where majority of people previously held the view that bottled water was a waste of money. It is due to increasing urbanization, limited time to boil tap water, increasing suppliers and better delivery, convenience and portability. Myanmar bottled drinking water industry is currently dominated by Alpine which has 65% market share, according to the company reports. Analysis with Porter’s Five Forces An industry's competitive dynamics and profitability can be deducted by analyzing with Porter's Five Forces. (1). Rivalry among existing competitors Even though, Alpine has dominated the market, competition among second-tier brands such as Oasis, PMG, KTM , ICE, Sampar Oo, Max'2'0, Imperial Jade, KA is high. As bottled water has become a commodity-like product, customer switching...
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...developing country. On the other hand we can observe that the countries where the company would like to expand to, demonstrate absolutely opposite from each other scores. Singapore holds second global rank, where Myanmar is on 134. It should be a clear sign that the countries have very different economic positions; therefore parent company should expect various challenges arising throughout the expansion. Furthermore approaches for solving these challenges will be differ depending on the country. 4 Score for the pillar of Health & Primary Education in Myanmar is very low. It can result in poor health of the employees, high level of absenteeism or sick leaves. At the same time the primary education can also be related to the level of productivity and ability to adapt to changes. In contrast, Singapore holds rank 2, which characterize Singaporean workforce as opposite of Myanmar. Malaysia rank is 33, which portray good health of workforce and acceptance of innovative processes. Countries with a high score for higher education and training, like Singapore provide a good quality of education to the majority of the workforce and constantly invest in the training of existing employees in order to enhance their skills and increase efficiency. On the other hand Myanmar holds one out of ten the lowest scores in the world, which indicates the scare of skilled labor in the country. It also confirms the prediction mentioned during the discussion the demographic variables earlier...
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...Independent Study Proposal Cycle & Carriage Automobile Myanmar (CCAM) Company Ltd., How to overcome Mercedes Benz’s formidable difficulties in Myanmar luxury car market Name : Sai Myo Thet Oo Student ID : 1301116013051 Content Section (1) 1.1 The Problem Statement 1.2 The Company Background 1.3 The Objective of Independent Study 1.4 The Scope of the Study Section (2) 2.1 The problem cause & effect diagram 2.2 Theory and concepts used for solving the problem 2.3 Research Methodology Section (3) 3.1 Data Collection 3.2 Data Analysis 3.3 SWOT? Strategy Develop Method? Chapter (1) 1.1 Problem Statement Japan’s Toyota used car brands are leading in Myanmar’s niche luxury car market with an 81 percent share compared with Western and South Korean luxury models. Luxury Mercedes Benz is facing to struggle against Japanese dominance in the niche car market. Out of Toyota’s 81 percent share, models Mark II and Mark X lead the pack, with 22 percent and 16 percent respectively. Currently Germany’s Mercedes-Benz and BMW brands are standing at 2 percent, and South Korea’s Hyundai and KIA brands at 1 percent. 1.2 Company Background Cycle & Carriage Automobile Myanmar (CCAM) Company Ltd., Incorporated in June-2013, Cycle & Carriage Automobile Myanmar (CCAM) Company Ltd., a joint venture between the Automobile...
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... It is believed that democracy is a part of the best governmental system, which can maintained its growth and stability by positive and pro-active attitude from its people (Rosyada, Jamil. 2005:113). This led to government openness by check and balances mechanism, which open the doors into good governance. The trend has finally reached Southeast Asia region in second half of the twentieth, thanks to third world democratization wave (1974-1990) classified by Samuel Huntington. Some of the nations are having dynamics to face democratization persistence to reduce centralistic power from the authoritarian. They are, to say: Indonesia, Filipina and Thailand. While Myanmar are having the exact opposite when their civilian government being overpowered by the military. However, the development of democracy culture in Myanmar is still highly hoped by its people, shown by the 1990 election where National League for Democracy, Myanmar’s Opposition party, won. Although the result of the election was unilaterally voided by the regime ruler, people’s hope for democracy seeding is not lost. As an opposition in an authoritarian military government, it is an obvious that the movement of the NLD will be strictly limited, for opposition’s position will be a threat for the government and policymakers. Having noticed the big threat, people’s hope for democratization is still alive. During the...
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...Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand The process of international relationship is relating with political, economic, law and others factor. There are combining with ten countries in ASEAN. Among them, both Thai and Myanmar are developing countries, and they are neighbor countries for each other. In addition, both countries are trading in economic. ''Myanmar and Thailand relations refer to the current and historical relation between Burma and Thailand. They focus mainly on economic issues and trade'' (Myanmar–Thailand relations - Wikipedia, the free). However, Thai can produce more products than Myanmar. There have many jobs opportunities in Thailand. Thus, there have about 3 million of Myanmar migrant workers who are working in Thailand. According...
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