Multi-dimensional Review of Myanmar
Volume 1. Initial Assessment
This volume is the first of the OECD Development Pathways, a new series that looks
at multiple development objectives beyond an exclusive focus on growth. The series
starts with Myanmar, a country to be covered for the first time by the OECD. This
initial assessment shows that Myanmar’s success in achieving stable and sustainable
growth will depend vitally on its ability to develop the institutional and social
capital necessary to maintain macroeconomic and financial stability, to ensure the
rule of law, to achieve environmentally sustainable development and to create an enabling
environment for the private sector. To be sustainable, growth also needs to be more
equitable and inclusive. Seizing the momentum created by the country’s opening and
internal peace process will be imperative. Moreover, Myanmar’s increasing population
provides a demographic dividend which needs to be reaped in the next couple of decades
to boost the potential of the economy. After that, the population will begin ageing
and Myanmar risks getting old before the incomes and living standards of its people
can significantly improve.
Published on July 18, 2013
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