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Corruption in Myanmar is among the worst in the world. Owing to failures in regulation and enforcement, corruption flourishes in every sector of government and business. [1] [2] [3] Many foreign businesspeople consider corruption "a serious barrier to investment and trade in Myanmar."
Ukraine and Myanmar established diplomatic relations on 19 January 1999, on the same day that Myanmar recognized Ukraine's independence. [1]Since 2015, Ukrainian military companies, including state-owned firms, have sold large supplies of military equipment to Myanmar's military, according to a report from the organization Justice for Myanmar (JFM).
Relations became strained once more in 2017 with the Rohingya genocide and due to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. [1] [2] Myanmar (also known as Burma) has generally maintained warmer relations with near states and is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
According to its results, by the end of 2020, 45% of the population of Ukraine fell into the poor category. The study claimed that this was 6.5 percentage points higher than in 2019. A pre-COVID-19 study forecast the poverty rate in 2020 to be 31.2%. The study stated that the real increase in poverty was 13.8 percentage points. [5]
Myanmar is mired in violence and instability stemming from the military's 2021 coup and its lethal suppression of pro-democracy protests, during which hundreds of people have been killed and many ...
The economy of Myanmar is the seventh largest in Southeast Asia. [6] After the return of civilian rule in 2011, the new government launched large-scale reforms, focused initially on the political system to restore peace and achieve national unity and moving quickly to an economic and social reform program. [7]
Aung Thaung Shwe, a former MP of the Pyithu Hluttaw, told Radio Free Asia in January 2022 that people of Rakhine State were increasingly relying on the Arakan Army's judicial system and crime had significantly dropped since the group took over the state's judiciary. Pe Than estimated that the group controlled two-thirds of Rakhine and added ...
Human rights in Ukraine concern the fundamental rights of every person in Ukraine. Between 2017 and 2022, Freedom House has given Ukraine ratings from 60 to 62 on its 100-point scale, and a "partly free" overall rating. Ratings on electoral processes have generally been good, but there are problems with corruption and due process.