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Myanmar - Learning to Do Business

Peter Day meets the local entrepreneurs of the new Myanmar and discovers the priorities and pitfalls of doing business in an emerging economy.

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, used to be one of the wealthiest countries of south-east Asia. Then came decades of military rule. While other Asian countries furiously modernised, Myanmar stagnated. In the past few years, the country has begun to open up and many international sanctions have been lifted.

But what's it like for home grown businesses and new entrepreneurs? Peter Day talks to those who are setting up businesses despite a number of challenges, such as a lack of funding and poor infrastructure. In the capital, Yangon, he meets people who went abroad for education and have now returned to seek business opportunities at home. And he visits rural Myanmar and sees how micro-financing is working in the countryside.

Producer: Charlotte MacDonald.

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30 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Sep 2014 21:30

Contributors to this programme

Melvyn Pun

Chief Executive of SPA Myanmar

Nay Aung

founder, Oway

Htoo Myint Naung

founder, Technomation

Joe Barker-Bennett

consultant, Tun Foundation Bank

Pete Silvester

co-founder, Project Hub Yangon

Barbara Bauer

Executive Officer, Myanmar, Partnership for Change

Kyaw Moe Hain

General Manager (lower Myanmar), Pact Global Microfinance Fund

Broadcasts

  • Thu 25 Sep 2014 20:30
  • Sun 28 Sep 2014 21:30

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