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    Interview: 'Women are not complaining or sitting idly'
    October 20, 2016in Interview, Lead Story, News, Women's Issues432by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Interview: 'Women are not complaining or sitting idly'

    Chin human rights activist Cheery Zahau speaks to DVB about what is needed to empower women in the workforce.

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    USAID to help finance Burma's 'missing middle'
    September 21, 2016in Archives, Development, Lead Story, News229by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    USAID to help finance Burma's 'missing middle'

    A new microfinance programme backed by the US government’s foreign aid agency USAID aims to promote the growth of medium-sized businesses in Burma.

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    Thai leasing company buys majority stake in Burmese microlender
    September 8, 2016in Archives, Lead Story, News44by THE BANGKOK POST
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    Thai leasing company buys majority stake in Burmese microlender

    Thai leasing company GL is acquiring a 71.9 percent stake in BG Microfinance Myanmar, with plans to expand its lending portfolio from US$1 million to $40 million in 2017.

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    Rural Arakan to receive $10 million under micro-finance scheme
    July 26, 2016in Arakan, Farmers, Lead Story, News258by WUNNA KWANYO / DVB
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    Rural Arakan to receive $10 million under micro-finance scheme

    The loan, to be distributed through the Mya Sein Yaung micro-finance scheme, will be used to support businesses and livelihoods in 401 villages.

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    World Bank Blundering through Burma
    May 4, 2014in Analysis, Contributor, Development, Lead Story, News0by RACHEL WAGLEY
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    World Bank Blundering through Burma

    The World Bank is revealing how little it knows—or is willing to admit—about Burma’s agricultural sector, writes Rachel Wagley of US Campaign for Burma.

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    Chinese NGO aims to tackle poverty in Burma through microloans
    March 17, 2014in Development, Lead Story, News, Uncategorized36by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Chinese NGO aims to tackle poverty in Burma through microloans

    A Chinese NGO is set to implement micro-finance programs across Burma in a bid to tackle rural poverty.

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