Myanmar’s economic growth to pick up again post-election: IMF

Reforms and monetary policy changes in the post-election period would boost slowing growth in Myanmar, said an International Monetary Fund official.

Hoe Ee Khor, deputy director for Asia and Pacific at the IMF, said the involvement of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in setting regulations would likely lead to major policy changes.

“I think Myanmar’s economy will recover next year in the post-election period,” he said on the sidelines of an Asia Pacific press briefing on 9 October in Lima, Peru.

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