Economic Governance Indices
The Asia Foundation launches Myanmar Business Environment Index 2020
December 10, 2020
News Post
Second edition of MBEI tool shows progress in governance for private sector development Today, The Asia Foundation released the Myanmar Business Environment Index 2020 (MBEI). The MBEI 2020, funded by UK Aid through the DaNa Facility, is Myanmar’s second installment of the Index, which was first launched in 2019. The MBEI is a survey of primarily b… Read more
Myanmar Business Environment Index 2020: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development
November 23, 2020
Publication
The Asia Foundation initiated the first ever Myanmar Business Environment Index (MBEI) in 2018, surveying 4,874 Myanmar businesses in the service and manufacturing industries across the country and gathering a multitude of other hard data to map a more comprehensive, in-depth picture of the challenges they face and where government can target refor… Read more
The Asia Foundation Releases Myanmar Business Environment Index 2019
Yangon, June 11, 2019
News Post
New tool measures economic governance for private sector development Today, The Asia Foundation released the Myanmar Business Environment Index 2019 (MBEI) as a diagnostic tool to better understand the local business environment. The government of Myanmar has recognized the importance of private sector development, yet many Myanmar enterprises cont… Read more
The Myanmar Business Environment Index 2019
April 30, 2019
Publication
Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development The Economic Governance Index (EGI) is a tool that has become widely accepted by governments to understand economic growth, attract investors, and engage in public-private sector dialogue. The Myanmar Business Environment Index (MBEI) follows in this tradition by adapting the EGI model to… Read more
Measuring Economic Governance at the Subnational Level
August 3, 2018
Publication
A dynamic and healthy private sector is widely regarded as the engine of long-term economic development. Countries compete to attract investment and those that succeed in creating business environments that support competitive entrepreneurs have reaped significant economic growth. Sound national policies are not sufficient to achieve balanced and e… Read more