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Global coronavirus cases surpass 6 million

Reuters
31 May 2020
  Global

With reform plans in place, ministers express cautious optimism on Myanmar economy

Myanmar Times
30 May 2020
  Myanmar

Covid-19 could cause $8.5 trillion loss in global output: UN Secretary General

ET Healthworld
30 May 2020
  Global

What do we want a post-pandemic Myanmar to look like?

The Irrawaddy
29 May 2020
  Myanmar

Social Security Board approves financial compensation for insured workers

The Global New Light of Myanmar
29 May 2020
  Myanmar

World Bank suggests possible extra replenishment of IDA lending arm

Reuters
29 May 2020
  Global

ADB study maps supply chains for key products in COVID-19 response

ADB
28 May 2020
  Global

Debt relief plans for world's poor countries inch forward

Reuters
28 May 2020
  Global

Myanmar to reopen schools in July with strict guidelines

New Straits Times
28 May 2020
  Myanmar

Myanmar govt borrows US$925 M from Central Bank to cover deficit

The Irrawaddy
28 May 2020
  Myanmar

The effects of COVID-19 on international labor markets: An update

Brookings
27 May 2020
  Global

Myanmar receives approval to seek funds from IMF, JICA

Myanmar Times
27 May 2020
  Myanmar

Myanmar tourism sector needs more govt support during COVID-19: New survey

The Irrawaddy
27 May 2020
  Myanmar

Central bankers must devise strategy for return to normal policy, BIS head says

Reuters
27 May 2020
  Global

Myanmar gov't provides social security benefits to COVID-19-affected workers

Xinhuanet
26 May 2020
  Myanmar

Myanmar to receive agriculture loan from World Bank

Myanmar Times
26 May 2020
  Myanmar

Myanmar Parliament approves $700-million IMF loan for COVID-19 spending

The Irrawaddy
26 May 2020
  Myanmar

WHO warns of 'second peak' in areas where COVID-19 declining

Reuters
26 May 2020
  Global

In the lockdown economy, our old measures of inflation get it wrong

Business World
26 May 2020
  Global

ADB to extend loans in support of development in Myanmar

Myanmar Times
25 May 2020
  Myanmar