Myanmar


Strengthening Domestic Resource Mobilization in Southeast Asia
This report examines why Southeast Asian countries need to consider fresh taxation policies after many struggled to finance massive public expenditure programs to combat COVID-19.

Tags: Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Finance, Governance and public sector management

Implementing a Green Recovery in Southeast Asia
This report highlights why Southeast Asian countries need to design pandemic recovery policies that balance socioeconomic gains with environmental sustainability.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Energy, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Climate change and disaster risk management

How Big Data Can Open $100 Billion in Opportunities in Southeast Asia
Big data applications can enhance the delivery of education, health, and social welfare services and speed up recovery from the pandemic.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, ASEAN, Education, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Governance and public sector management

ASEAN Removes Trade Barriers on Medicines and Other Essential Goods
Ten countries in Southeast Asia are removing restrictions on intraregional trade of medicines and other goods needed to fight COVID-19.

Tags: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, ASEAN, Health, COVID-19, Trade and industry, Regional cooperation and integration

New ASEAN Online Customs Transit System Seen to Boost Trade
The system allows traders to make a single customs transit declaration for the transport of goods across multiple ASEAN countries.

Tags: ASEAN, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Trade and industry, Transportation, Regional cooperation and integration

Eliminating Malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Financial resource mobilization by the Malaria Trust Fund has helped eradicate malaria and build strong foundations for health systems in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Tags: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Health, Finance

ADB Cuts Southeast Asia Growth Forecast in 2020 due to COVID-19
But overall outlook for developing Asia is showing improvement.

Tags: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, Economy, COVID-19

How Grab and Microsoft Are Helping Bridge Southeast Asia’s Tech Skills Gap
After rolling out in Indonesia and Viet Nam, the program is now in Singapore, and will be expanded to Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand by mid-2021.

Tags: Sustainable Development Goals, ASEAN, Singapore, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Education

How Tech Is Supercharging Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 Response
Technology now plays a bigger role on how the public and private sectors are collaborating.

Tags: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, ASEAN, Sustainable Development Goals, Private sector development

5 Things You Need to Know about ASEAN’s Biggest Trade Agreement
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership groups the 10 ASEAN member states and its 5 regional partners: Australia, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Republic of Korea, and New Zealand.

Tags: ASEAN, Regional cooperation and integration, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam

View SEADS 2022 Guide
SEADS EVENT LOGO