Myanmar in a PodShell
Myanmar in a PodShell
Hans-Bernd Zöllner, Tim Schröder, Rodion Ebbighausen
09 Myanmar's Economy - Back to the past?
59 minutes Posted May 29, 2022 at 5:57 am.
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With Richard Horsey and Jared Bissinger

Since the coup, Myanmar's economy is under immense pressure. People lost their income, poverty is on the rise, and the future prospects are bleak. Both, the military and the resistance are trying to cut off the enemy's sources of income. Overall, the economic damage is so huge that it can never be compensated for by humanitarian aid alone. Which leads to the difficult question: Is it possible to restart the economy without harming the people?