Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities

Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities

After two years of strong economic growth and macroeconomic stability, Myanmar faced a more difficult economic environment in 2015-2016. In 2015-2016, economic growth in Myanmar eased to 7 percent amid a supply shock from heavy flooding, a slowdown...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
COMMODITY PRICES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
EXPORTS
FLOODING
INVESTMENT FLOWS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
SUPPLY SHOCK
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26408130/myanmar-economic-monitor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24662
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spelling okr-10986-246622021-06-14T10:17:34Z Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities World Bank Group COMMODITY PRICES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROSPECTS EXPORTS FLOODING INVESTMENT FLOWS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY SUPPLY SHOCK STRUCTURAL REFORMS After two years of strong economic growth and macroeconomic stability, Myanmar faced a more difficult economic environment in 2015-2016. In 2015-2016, economic growth in Myanmar eased to 7 percent amid a supply shock from heavy flooding, a slowdown in new investment flows during an election year, and a more challenging external environment including lower commodity prices affecting Myanmar’s main exports. The May 2016 edition of the MEM takes stock of recent economic developments, policy challenges, economic prospects, and upcoming policy priorities. Economic growth in 2016-2017 is expected to pick up, with a premium on sound macroeconomic policies and continued structural reforms. 2016-07-12T16:11:53Z 2016-07-12T16:11:53Z 2016-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26408130/myanmar-economic-monitor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24662 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Myanmar
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topic COMMODITY PRICES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
EXPORTS
FLOODING
INVESTMENT FLOWS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
SUPPLY SHOCK
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
spellingShingle COMMODITY PRICES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
EXPORTS
FLOODING
INVESTMENT FLOWS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
SUPPLY SHOCK
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
World Bank Group
Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities
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Myanmar
description After two years of strong economic growth and macroeconomic stability, Myanmar faced a more difficult economic environment in 2015-2016. In 2015-2016, economic growth in Myanmar eased to 7 percent amid a supply shock from heavy flooding, a slowdown in new investment flows during an election year, and a more challenging external environment including lower commodity prices affecting Myanmar’s main exports. The May 2016 edition of the MEM takes stock of recent economic developments, policy challenges, economic prospects, and upcoming policy priorities. Economic growth in 2016-2017 is expected to pick up, with a premium on sound macroeconomic policies and continued structural reforms.
format Report
author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
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title Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities
title_short Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities
title_full Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities
title_fullStr Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities
title_full_unstemmed Myanmar Economic Monitor, May 2016 : Growing Economic Vulnerabilities
title_sort myanmar economic monitor, may 2016 : growing economic vulnerabilities
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26408130/myanmar-economic-monitor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24662
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