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An Introduction to Myanmar
Myanmar, or Burma was conquered by the British from 1824 and administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948. Since 1989 the military junta running Burma have promoted the name Myanmar; Britain, the US and others including opposition democracy movement members in the country do not recognise the change of name, 'though the UN does. See full country profile.Latest Research News from SE Asia
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GOVERNMENT: Military Junta
AREA: 678,500sq. km
POPULATION: 48,137,741 (July 2009 est.)
MAJOR LANGUAGE: Burmese (Recognised regional languages: Jingpho, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan)
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Myanmar, or Burma was conquered by the British from 1824 and administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948. Since 1989 the military junta running Burma have promoted the name Myanmar; Britain, the US and others including opposition democracy movement members in the country do not recognise the change of name, 'though the UN does.
Opposition party the National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in elections in 1990, but the junta refused to hand over power - opposition leader Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi remains under strict house arrest where she has been since 1989: however, elections aiming for a 'discipline-flourishing democracy' have been announced for 2010.Burma, rich in the colonial era on exports of rice, oil and teak, is now one of the poorest nations in southeastern Asia. The US and EU have imposed sanctions; Asian nations generally have not.
GDP: $55.04bn (2008)
Religions Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Currency: Kyat (MMK) (1 MMK = 0.133 EUR)
Telephone Code: +95
MR Association(s):
Association: None
Statistics:The MR industry in Myanmar had a turnover of $USD 4m ($USD 0.07 per capita) in 2007, as it did in the three years previously. Ad spend is not applicable, therefore MR as a percentage of ad spend cannot be shown.
Source: ESOMAR
According to the CIA World Factbook, the main exports of Myanmar are natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems. Imports are fabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food products and edible oil.
Myanmar is a a resource-rich country, and key industries tend to be extractive - particularly oil and gas, mining, and timber. Other areas, such as manufacturing and services, are reportedly struggling with inadequate infrastructure, unpredictable import/export policies, deteriorating health and education systems, and endemic corruption.
Published statistics on foreign trade are greatly understated because of the size of the black market and unofficial border trade - often estimated to be as large as the official economy. Recent surveys have ranked the nation as among the three most corrupt on earth.
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