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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Elaine Kurtenbach

World Bank: Myanmar economy to grow 3%, dragged by conflict

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Myanmar’s economy grew 3% last year and will likely achieve the same pace in 2023, but still lags far behind where it stood before the army seized power in early 2021, the World Bank said in a report released Monday.

The global development agency estimates Myanmar’s level of economic activity is still more than 10% below where it stood before the pandemic and the military takeover. On a per capita basis it is even further behind, it says.

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