IFI-Burma at Yahoo! Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/ IFI-Burma FW: Statement of Hla Thein Swe at the ADB's Annual Meeting 2009 Fri, 08 May 2009 08:55:07 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/352 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/352 "I would like to take this opportunity to encourage the international financial organizations to resume normal relationship with Myanmar as their assistances Asian Development Outlook 2009 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:05:25 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/351 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/351 "Myanmar has faced international economic and diplomatic sanctions for much of the past two decades. Immediately after the cyclone, the Government did not U.N. Mulls Reengaging Burma With More Aid, Washington Post, December Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:28:10 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/350 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/350 Two articles: 1. U.N. Mulls Reengaging Burma With More Aid: Diplomacy Unable to Yield Political Reforms, The Washington Post, December 28, 2008 2. UN Offers New Report Reveals the Other Side of Post-Nargis Joint Assessment Re Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:25:20 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/349 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/349 The report "Post-Nargis Analysis: The Other Side of the Story" can be downloaded here: http://appartnership.googlepages.com/Post-NargisAnalysis.pdf IMF working paper on Burma's exchange rate system Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:12:33 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/348 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/348 FYI, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a working paper on Burma's exchange rate system. Efficiency Costs of Myanmar's Multiple Exchange Rate An Alternative Assessment of the Humanitarian Assistance in the Irra Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:02:52 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/347 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/347 Please find attached "An Alternative Assessment of the Humanitarian Assistance in the Irrawaddy Delta" by Ko Shwe, dated July 23, 2008. The ASEAN-led Boom, ban or bluster? Regional blocs in question, Bkk Post, June 15, Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:28:38 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/346 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/346 "...[F]or all the hype over regional cooperation, these countries [including Burma] suffer from internal fragmentation. This begs the question of whether FW: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Prov Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:54:25 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/345 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/345 IFI-Burma compiler's note: This is an official statement regarding the $850,000 grant that the World Bank gave to ASEAN. The grant went through the GFDRR, World Bank gives $850000 to ASEAN for cyclone assessment & recovery Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:38:09 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/344 Two items: 1. ASEAN Secretariat Receives US$850,000-Grant from World Bank for Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Response, ASEAN press release, June 16, 2008 2. World Bank ECDF Statement: World Bank & ADB cautioned against increasing engage Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:42:20 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/343 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/343 Statement by the Ethnic Community Development Forum June 17, 2008 World Bank and ADB cautioned against increasing engagement with Burma's military regime FW: ADB's report on Burma Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:09:23 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/342 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/342 May 2008 Myanmar: An Update on Country Developments Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/Documents/RAs/MYA/IN139-08.pdf Specially relevant paragraphs are 26 staff from World Bank/ADB on ASEAN mission Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:13:38 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/341 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/341 From the ASEAN press release of June 4, 2008: "The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are supporting ASEAN for this exercise as a part of the FW: ASEAN Kick-Off the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:19:56 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/340 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/340 IFI-Burma Compiler's Note: The press release below confirms that the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are part of ASEAN's post-Nargis Joint FW: Burma's Ad Interim Governor calls for ADB to 'resume normal rela Fri, 23 May 2008 07:04:28 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/339 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/339 Thanks to Jelson Garcia (Bank Information Center) for sharing these documents. ********** At the ADB's AGM in Madrid, Burma's Governor Ad Interim (Hla Thein Burmese Aid Request Stirs Concerns, Washington Post, May 23 Fri, 23 May 2008 06:47:58 GMT Yuki Akimoto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/338 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IFI-Burma/message/338 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052204 113.html Burmese Aid Request Stirs Concerns By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff