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Reality catching up with Myanmar?

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Jul 13, 2012
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Burma is on the edge of an economic boom the like of which Southeast Asia has not seen for many years, the Asian Development Bank gushed in April. A little over two months later this optimistic assertion has been toned down substantially, with a senior bank official warning that it could be 30 years before Burma achieves the level of development its nei…

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