Finnfund, which invests in responsible and profitable businesses in developing countries, has injected US$5.5 million in Early Dawn Microfinance Co Ltd, the third largest microfinance company in Myanmar in terms of client outreach.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
New Zealand and Flanders renew support to improve Mekong water management
Signed funding agreements worth close to US$ 5 million to back the MRC in implementing its new Strategic Plan 2021–2025.
Sanakham dam assessment should be broadened and up-to-date
Laos should widen the project’s impact assessment and propose additional measures to mitigate potential adverse impacts from the dam, according to a public regional forum organised by the MRC
Sowing support: Motive for political parties’ flood aid questioned
Like it or not, the public can see that they are promoting their parties,
Nine Firms Qualify to Challenge Chinese Proposal for Myanmar’s New Yangon City Project
The nine firms are now qualified to submit rival plans to compete against the initial development proposal put forward by Beijing-based China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. (CCCC).
Japan Reveals Full Commitment to Myanmar’s Dawei SEZ
Tokyo finally agreed to take part after many Chinese companies submitted proposals to invest in Dawei.
Danger and desperation in Myanmar’s jade mines
Failure to regulate the jade industry is transforming a landscape and exposing miners to deadly landslides
Dolphin Conservation: Experts Pitch Commission Between India, Nepal, Bangladesh & Myanmar
Discussed during, Freshwater Dolphin Day 2020, a webinar on “Celebration of International Freshwater Dolphin day for Enhancing Conservation of river dolphins”
Myanmar to generate more energy from hydro, solar sources
To press ahead with the implementation of four hydropower projects to meet the country’s demand for electricity,
Govt warns over Lao dam plan
May not buy electricity from Sanakham dam in Laos after it learned the project might affect the Mekong River.