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09 Myanmar's Economy - Back to the past?

Author
Hans-Bernd Zöllner, Tim Schröder, Rodion Ebbighausen
Published
Sun 29 May 2022
Episode Link
https://myanmar-podcast.podigee.io/9-neue-episode

With Richard Horsey and Jared Bissinger

Since the coup, Myanmar's economy is under immense pressure. People lost their income, poverty is on the rise, and the future prospects are bleak. Both, the military and the resistance are trying to cut off the enemy's sources of income. Overall, the economic damage is so huge that it can never be compensated for by humanitarian aid alone. Which leads to the difficult question: Is it possible to restart the economy without harming the people?

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