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Myanmar’s Economy in Freefall Under Military Regime
Myanmar’s Economy in Freefall Under Military Regime
Feature: The military regime s security forces guarding City Hall in downtown Yangon Feb.6 / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 22 April 2021
Before last year’s November election, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank predicted that Myanmar would bounce back strongly from the economic impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the economy set to grow at around 6 percent in 2021.
In the immediate aftermath of the military’s Feb. 1 coup, junta leaders sought to keep the economy on track by presenting themselves as business-friendly and saying that economic policies would remain unchanged during the state of emergency. The junta even appointed some individuals to Myanmar’s key economic ministries who were already well-connected and well-known to the international community. ....

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