In recent years, the international community has witnessed many positive changes in Myanmar, including greater space for civil society, an expansion in freedom of expression, and evident government concern about environmental and local livehood issues resulting from large-scal development projects. With new foreign investment laws and the lifting of economic sanctions by Western countries, Myanmar is opening repidly to the global market economy. With the country's plentiful resources and the input of foreign investment, Myanmar is ready to pursue economic growth under the name of "development".

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