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Mizzima Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can now get loans from 15 private banks besides the state-owned Myanma Economic Bank (MEB) and Myanma Agricultural Development Bank (MADB), according to the MSME Development Fund Management Body. [1]

RANGOON — The World Bank’s vice president for East Asia and the Pacific pledged to continue development support for Burma, according to a statement released on Monday following a meeting in Naypyidaw with Aung San Suu Kyi. [2]

YANGON — The number of people in Myanmar living in poverty has decreased from 32 percent of the population in 2004 to 19 percent in 2015, according to a recent report. [3]

Mizzima Eight Myanmar banks were authorised by the Indian Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to operate a rupee-kyat trade settlement mechanism on 21 July 2024. [4]

BEIJING -- The following is the full text of Chinese President Xi Jinping's report to 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China Oct. 16. The text was provided to reporters covering the event. [5]

The mobile financial services industry is growing in Burma. Kyaw Hsu Mon interviews Ma Pwint Htun, who currently lives in the United States and has 20 years of experience in financial services, about where the industry stands today. [6]

MANDALAY—Over 1,300 villages in rural areas of five regions will get access to electricity through solar power in fiscal 2019-20 as part of the National Electrification Project (NEP), according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. [7]

KUALA LUMPUR — Indonesian poultry farmer Yohanes Sugihtononugroho faced ruin four years ago when plummeting prices forced him to slaughter all 100,000 of his chickens and shutter his business. [8]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-10-13 · 75% match

Myanmar junta announces MSMEs may apply for loans from 15 private banks

Mizzima Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can now get loans from 15 private banks besides the state-owned Myanma Economic Bank (MEB) and Myanma Agricultural Development Bank (MADB), according to the MSME Development Fund Management Body.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-02-22 · 75% match

World Bank Pledges Ongoing Development Support for Burma

RANGOON — The World Bank’s vice president for East Asia and the Pacific pledged to continue development support for Burma, according to a statement released on Monday following a meeting in Naypyidaw with Aung San Suu Kyi.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-08-31 · 75% match

Poverty Decreases, But Rural Areas Slower to Develop: Report

YANGON — The number of people in Myanmar living in poverty has decreased from 32 percent of the population in 2004 to 19 percent in 2015, according to a recent report.

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-07-24 · 75% match

Eight Myanmar banks authorised to operate rupee-kyat trade settlement mechanism

Mizzima Eight Myanmar banks were authorised by the Indian Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to operate a rupee-kyat trade settlement mechanism on 21 July 2024.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-10-18 · 75% match

Transcript: President Xi Jinping's report to China's 2022 party congress

BEIJING -- The following is the full text of Chinese President Xi Jinping's report to 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China Oct. 16. The text was provided to reporters covering the event.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-04-05 · 75% match

Ma Pwint Htun: ‘Everyone Will Be Using Mobile Financial Services in the Next Three Years’

The mobile financial services industry is growing in Burma. Kyaw Hsu Mon interviews Ma Pwint Htun, who currently lives in the United States and has 20 years of experience in financial services, about where the industry stands today.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-05-24 · 75% match

1,300 Villages to Receive Solar-Generated Electricity in FY2019-20

MANDALAY—Over 1,300 villages in rural areas of five regions will get access to electricity through solar power in fiscal 2019-20 as part of the National Electrification Project (NEP), according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-10-11 · 75% match

Abandoned by Banks, Indonesia’s Poor Farmers Turn to Crowdfunding

KUALA LUMPUR — Indonesian poultry farmer Yohanes Sugihtononugroho faced ruin four years ago when plummeting prices forced him to slaughter all 100,000 of his chickens and shutter his business.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-04-01 · 75% match

The Irrawaddy Business Roundup (April 1)

ADB Focuses on Infrastructure in New Burma Plan Improving access to rural and urban markets is a key goal in a new country partnership announced between the government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-01-28 · 75% match

Deal Signed to Clear Burmese Debt, Allow New Loans

RANGOON — The World Bank on Sunday announced a long-awaited deal to allow Burma to clear part of its huge decades-old foreign debt, opening the door for new much-needed lending to jump-start its lagging economy.

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