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Burma's Missing Ingredient for Success

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Feb 17, 2012
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Amid all the expansive talk of Burma being on the cusp of an economic boom, with special business zones, ports, railways, factories and half a million tourists queuing at the door, there’s one very vital ingredient missing—electricity.

Burma has a population similar to Thailand but less than 8 percent of its neighbor’s electricity generating capacity. It…

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