Friday, May 15, 2015

Is Myanmar Poor?

You decide.
  • Most daily incomes are less than the cost of a latte in the West
  • Few people are hungry
  • Huge natural resources wealth ends up in very few pockets
  • Only about one-third of the population is connected to the electricity grid
  • Two-thirds work in agriculture
  • Good statistics about the economy are rare, partly due to the huge influence of smuggling and drug-related earnings
  • Foreign aid pours in

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