Asian Development Bank (http://www.adb.org/About/default.asp)
The Asian Development Bank website. In English.
Focus on Myanmar (http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/regions/eap/myanmar.htm)
The Development Education Program (DEP) of the World Bank Group highlights social and economic indicators for Myanmar, which is also known as Burma. DEP includes such demographic and economic statistics as the gross national product, key economic ratios and long-term trends, the infant mortality rate, the adult illiteracy rate, and more. DEP offers data indicating how prepared Myanmar is for economic growth and provides links to sites pertaining to trade and development in the country. This information is intended to be used with classes at the secondary level.
Myanmar (http://www.asiafoundation.org/pdf/wp5.pdf)
Title from initial pdf page image (viewed May 22, 2003; last viewed Nov. 26, 2003).
Myanmar (Burma) 's Informative Resources on Culture, Travel, and Business (http://www.myanmars.net/)
Internet resources by Myanmar's NET.
Myanmar Consulate (http://myanmar.e-consulate.org/)
Sponsor: The Consulate General of Myanmar-Hong Kong.
Myanmar and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). (http://www.imf.org/external/country/MMR/index.htm)
Features information concerning the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and member country Myanmar. Provides access to statements, reports, statistics, papers, and press releases. The IMF is an international organization that promotes international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements.
Report on labor practices in Burma (http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/media/reports/iclp/burmaoverview.htm)
This report surveys, analyzes, and summarizes the major allegations concerning labor practices in Burma, specifially detailing child labor practices, workers' rights, the forced relocation of laborers, and the use of forced labor to support the tourism industry and construction of the Yadana gas pipeline.
Tradeport.org - Myanmar (http://www.tradeport.org/countries/myanmar/01grw.html)
General information on Myanmar including finance and economics.
World Bank Group East Asia (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/0,,menuPK:208943~pagePK:158889~piPK:146815~theSitePK:226301,00.html)
Sponsor: The World Bank-for East Asia and Pacific regions.
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