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Most economies in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) are growing faster than the rest of the world but slower than before the pandemic. Slowing global growth, still tight financial...

This report is a product of the World Bank's monitoring efforts in Myanmar and provides an in-depth look at the country’s agricultural sector and food security status. This study examines intertwined challenges...

Highlights on food security: Households continue to suffer from conflict and macroeconomic shocks including high food price inflation. Findings from the fifth round of the Myanmar Households Welfare...

Most economies in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP), other than several Pacific Island Countries, have recovered from the succession of shocks since 2020 and are continuing to grow...

Following the significant volatility that characterized much of 2022, economic conditions in Myanmar have shown tentative signs of stabilization in the first half of 2023. The parallel market exchange...

This poverty synthesis notes documents Myanmar’s poverty reduction progress leading to the COVID-19 crisis, and setback to these gains brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and coup. The note...

Highlights: P.17-19 deal with agricultural production, agricultural trade and agricultural firms’ business performance. P. 21 deals with food prices inflation.

In August of 2017, Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to escape violence and arrived in the district of Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh. Within a period of 4 months, an influx of about 724,000...

Key Findings: Myanmar’s economy and people continue to be severely tested by the ongoing impacts of the military coup and the surge in COVID-19 cases in 2021. The World Bank’s...

Agri-food sectors in the region are experiencing environmental stress and threats to sustainability. A long-standing emphasis on raising production, coupled with constraints on land and water, has had negative...