#Myanmar's pre-coup (2009-2020) public water spending varied significantly (2009-20), per #WorldBank figures. This pre-coup spending capacity, even with its limitations, contrasts starkly with current econ contraction, strained public finances, and aid freeze.

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According to MAH, half the people in #China and #India are barefoot — and #Myanmar could be their shoe supplier.

Bold vision from a country under sanctions and rolling blackouts.

China and India (top global footwear consumers) may be surprised to hear this.

Source: eng.mizzima.com/2025/03/23/2...

Myanmar's humanitarian crisis is critically underfunded. Only 4.6% of the $1.14 billion needed has been secured, leaving millions in urgent need without life-saving aid.

Source: fts.unocha.org/plans/1275/c...

An interesting chart from Shekhar Banerjee of the Neutrino Center suggests #Myanmar’s academic research output remains stagnant compared to regional peers like #Pakistan, #Nigeria & #Bangladesh.

Source:
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A regime that jails journalists, censors the press, & thrives on propaganda is now getting PR tips from a media consultant named Vincent Cyril Demitrius Pereira.

Source 1: eng.mizzima.com/2025/03/01/1...

Source 2: www.linkedin.com/in/cyril-per...

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #PressFreedom

A regime that jails journalists, censors the press, & thrives on propaganda is now getting PR tips from a media consultant named Vincent Cyril Demitrius Pereira.

Source 1: eng.mizzima.com/2025/03/01/1...

Source 2: www.linkedin.com/in/cyril-per...

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #PressFreedom

This chart shows how #India’s arms exports to #Myanmar surged throughout 2021-2023 while manufacturing exports struggled.

Source: www.orfonline.org/research/fac...

UK aid is being cut by 40%, but if in-country refugee spending (£4.3bn in 2023) is reduced, the actual cut to UK international assistance could be much smaller.

If £3bn of cuts come from domestic refugee costs, overseas aid may drop by ~21% instead of 40%.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Does anyone know why the #CongressionalResearchService classified @savethechildren.org as a for-profit US enterprise in its August 2024 report, Foreign Assistance: Where Does the Money Go?

Wouldn’t it clearly fall under US non-profits?

🔗 crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...

The International Growth Centre estimated #Myanmar's formal and informal remittances at 13% of GDP ($8B) in 2015.

However, the OECD’s 2025 States of Fragility report puts the figure at just 1.7% for 2023.

Source: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

"...approximately 55% of #Myanmar’s population was exposed to an event of organised violence in 2024."

Source: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Musk: DEI must die.

Tesla 🔗: "Tesla incorporates DEI with a human-centered, data-driven approach to enable a respectful workplace and provide equal opportunities."

If DEI were bad for business, he’d remove it from Tesla's website. He hasn’t—because it’s not.

Source: www.tesla.com/legal/additi...

Trump admin's 90-day foreign aid freeze has meant that USAID obligated just 0.2% ($1.49M) of its $892.11M FY25 budget - three months into the fiscal year - a massive disruption to global aid efforts. USAID’s budget has historically been in the tens of billions.

www.usaspending.gov/agency/agenc...

4/5 Musk later expressed concerns over the sustainability of providing Starlink services at no cost - leading to a public dispute over funding responsibilities - but changed his position shortly after.

www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...

Interesting extract from a new MA thesis by Timo Estola that "demonstrates the unfortunate lack of leverage humanitarians have when the counterpart, usually SAC, has disregard for the well-being of the people on its territories and even sees them as an adversary."

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A few more thoughts about the recent 2024 ASEAN Peoples’ Perceptions Survey and what it says about how regional powers perceive the role of external actors in Myanmar’s crisis.

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#Myanmar #ASEAN

EU and western nations + Japan perceived as having a stronger positive influence on #Myanmar’s crisis - inverse correlation with geographic proximity.

Source: www.aseanperceptionssurvey.com