World Bank Report on Burma

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Dear friends

I would like to share a little bit news about World Bank loan for Burmese 
military regime. Yesterday, I and Saw Kapi, met with a world Bank officer  
who is  in charge  for Burma's loan. His name Bradley Babson, senior advisor, 
East   Asia and Pacific Region.  During his visting his daughter in Williams 
Colleg, he was invited to have lunch with us  at the Center for Development 
Economics in Williams Collage in Massachusetts. He is also the one who set up 
amount of loan $1 billion dollar Burmese military government.  We asked many 
questions regarding the World Bank economics report on Burmese   regime's 
economic policy.  He said the report is draft. It is not final report. That 
is why world Bank doesn't want to publish it yet. When the final report will 
come, it will be available for every one who want it.  He  said the current 
Burmese economic policy doesn't work. The government needs to  reform both 
current  economic and political policies in order to  get  loan.  The  
government also  has to initiate dialogue with NLD.  When we ask him why the 
current military regime's economic policy doesn't work? Is it because  the 
government doesn't  understand how to run economy? He said that about 80 
percent of the government economic policy failures is ignorance.  He will 
come here again in May for his daughter graduation. Probably we will see him 
again.
 
Pon  Nya

Center for Development Economic
Williams College, MA