CONTENTS Page Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................................... iii Message from the Mekong Institute ....................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................................... vii Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................................... viii Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................................... xi Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Business environment ............................................................................................................................. 2 Importance ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Current status ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Business surveys in Myanmar ............................................................................................................ 8 Chapter 2. Methodology and data collection ...................................................................................................... 13 Survey questionnaire .............................................................................................................................. 13 Sampling method ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Survey team .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Data collection .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Data cleaning ............................................................................................................................................ 15 Chapter 3. Data analysis ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Overview of participating firms ........................................................................................................... 19 Overall business environment ............................................................................................................. 23 Market conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Innovation ................................................................................................................................................... 32 Human resources .................................................................................................................................... 36 Access to finance ................................................................................................................................... 45 Productivity ................................................................................................................................................. 52 Corruption ................................................................................................................................................... 56 Agribusiness and food industries ....................................................................................................... 59 Chapter 4. Policy implications .................................................................................................................................... 65 Business environment ............................................................................................................................. 65 Market and supply conditions ............................................................................................................. 65 Innovation ................................................................................................................................................... 66 Human resources .................................................................................................................................... 66 Access to finance ................................................................................................................................... 67 Productivity ................................................................................................................................................. 67 Corruption ................................................................................................................................................... 68 Agribusiness and food industries ....................................................................................................... 68 Chapter 5. Limitations and future research ......................................................................................................... 69 Chapter 6. Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 70 References ............................................................................................................................................................................ 71 Annexes Survey questionnaire in English ..................................................................................................................... 76 Difficulties and challenges in data collection...................................................................................... 101 Profile of respondents .......................................................................................................................... 103
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