Recent Publications and Resources

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From Rice Bowl to Food Basket: Three Pillars for Modernizing Myanmar’s Agricultural and Food Sector

The Myanmar government’s new strategy for the agricultural and food sector uses a market-led, value-chain approach that has been tailored for Myanmar based on the approach’s success throughout Asia.  In preparation for the launch of Myanmar’s strategy, the USAID-funded Private ...
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Nathan Associates Inc. Rule 10b-5 Assessment Report

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund, Nathan Associates has been tracking financial and economic data on securities class action cases filed for alleged violations of Section 10b of the Exchange Act. This report, ...
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SME Financing- How to Topic Guide

This guide focuses on the financial instruments available to help bridge the financing gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), reviewing existing financing programs and their impacts and drawing out lessons learned. The guide explores how governments and development partners ...
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ASEAN Services Liberalization Beyond 2015: Assessment and Recommendations

This report presents recommendations for approaches to and provisions for the liberalization of trade in an ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) ...
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Monitoring and Implementing AEC Investment Policy in ASEAN’s Regional Treaties

This report examines ASEAN’s regional investment agreements.The report looks in particular at provisions for information transparency and coordination, at areas of incompatibility between regional treaties and bilateral treaties, and at the discharge of monitoring, coordination and implementation functions ...
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Empowering Grassroots Women in Burma

The message of women’s economic empowerment is gaining force all over the world, but the challenge of helping the most vulnerable women achieve true income and food security remains daunting. As part of its efforts to promote women-owned SME growth ...