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Month: August 2015
Burma sets US$2.80 minimum wage
Burma has set a minimum wage of 3,600 kyat for an eight-hour work day, a move likely to boost investment in the fast-growing country’s garment industry.
Authoritarian policing and the colonial hangover
Human rights advocates and opposition lawmakers say Burma’s current government has done little to reform colonial-era criminal laws that curtail civil liberties.
DVB Bulletin: 28 August 2015
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Training for uncertainty
NGOs are preparing for refugee camps to close by starting vocational training programs.
Business weekly
Catch up on the latest in Burmese business, development and finance from this week.