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• Report / May 17, 2017

  • Responsible Minerals
  • Myanmar

  Jade and the Generals

  As Myanmar gears up for national peace talks, our new film reveals how the jade riches of Kachin State are helping to incentivise and fuel deadly armed conflict.

  
• Report / May 17, 2017

  • Responsible Minerals
  • Myanmar

  ကျောက်စိမ်းနှင့် ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီးများ

  ကျွန်တော်တို့၏ ရုပ်ရှင်အသစ်က မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ဒေါ်လာ သန်းပေါင်း များစွာတန်သော ကျောက်စိမ်း ကုန်သွယ်မှုက တိုင်းရင်းသား လက်နက်ကိုင် ပဋိပက္ခမီးကို မည်သို့ လေပင့်ပေးနေကြောင်းနှင့် သဘာဝ သယံဇာတများကို လာမည့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး ဆွေးနွေးပွဲများတွင် အဘယ်ကြောင့် အာရုံစိုက် ဆွေးနွေး သင့်ကြောင်းကို ဖေါ်ထုတ် ပြသပေးထားပါသည်။

  
• Briefing / Sept. 19, 2019

  • Myanmar

  Resetting Myanmar Policy

  How the international community can support accountability and an inclusive democratic transition in Myanmar through targeted economic sanctions against senior members of Myanmar’s military and military-owned companies

  
• Report / June 26, 2014

  • Anonymous companies
  • Oil, Gas & Mining
  • Myanmar

  Myanmar’s Oil and Gas

  Is the Myanmar government walking its reformist talk in the oil and gas sector?

  
• Briefing / Sept. 1, 2016

  • Oil, Gas & Mining
  • Myanmar

  Tackling Hidden Company Ownership Through Myanmar's EITI Process

  Myanmar now has the opportunity to create long-lasting transparency by bringing into force the new EITI beneficial ownership rules. This joint briefing with NRGI sets out seven steps the Myanmar EITI (MEITI) needs to take to make this process as effective as possible in increasing accountability and tackling corruption.

  
• Report / Oct. 23, 2015

  • Digital Investigations
  • Myanmar

  Jade: Myanmar's "Big State Secret"

  As Myanmar's historic election approaches, our report reveals a secret jade trade worth up to US$31 billion, and controlled by military elites and drug lords.

  
• Briefing / March 19, 2014

  • Land Deals
  • Myanmar

  What Future for Rubber Production in Myanmar?

  Myanmar is the latest target for the rubber industry, but instead of the government promoting much-needed investment in small-holder rubber farmers, private companies have been given priority to buy up large swathes of land for plantations.

  
• Report / March 26, 2015

  • Land Deals
  • Myanmar

  Guns, Cronies and Crops

  New Global Witness exposé: how Myanmar’s business, political and military cronies conspired to grab farmers’ land, leaving communities struggling to survive.

  
• Blog post / May 2, 2014

  • Land Deals
  • Myanmar

  The global rush for rubber: is Myanmar the ‘final frontier’?

  Myanmar’s dictatorship may have been ousted, but its corruption remains entrenched and deals over land are particularly opaque. This is raising concerns that rubber might become Myanmar’s modern resource curse.

  
• Blog post / Dec. 2, 2014

  • Oil, Gas & Mining
  • Myanmar

  Will Myanmar’s Government walk its talk on extractive industries reform? Jade trade will be key test

  Myanmar’s exports of the jade mined in northern Kachin State are estimated to be worth US$6-9 billion per year. But the government’s tax take is paltry