Official Documents
Draft Executive Summary of the Regional Cooperation and Strategy Program for the Greater Mekong Subregion, February 23, 2003 (ADB website)
Collected Reports to the UN General Assembly by the Special Rapporteurs on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar (ibiblio.org website)
U.S. Imposes Financial Services Freeze on Burmese Regime, July 29, 2003 (U.S. State Dept. website)
U.S. renewed ban on new investment in Burma, by George W. Bush, May 16, 2003 (White House website)
E.U. Council Common Position on Burma, renewed and expanded April 29, 2003 (Europa website)
ILO cooperation with the ADB: Core labour standards and ADB activities, International Labour Office, March 2003 (ILO website)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2002 (Burma), U.S. Department of State (U.S. State Dept website)
Burma Country Commercial Guide FY2002, U.S. Commercial Service (U.S. Comm. Service website)
ADB's Country Assistance Plan (2001-2003)– Myanmar, released December 2000 (ADB website)
Press Release: World Bank Places Credits to Union of Myanmar in Non-Accrual Status, September 4, 1998 (WB website)
U.S. Executive Order Prohibiting new investment in Burma, signed by William Clinton, effective May 20, 1997 (worldnetdaily.com)
Civil Society Analysis
Multilateral Development Banks and Burma: A Resource Book from the Bank Information Center, October 2004 (Acrobat pdf 763 KB). Also available: Burmese
Factsheet: "Quiet but Steady: The ADB’s Support for Burma", Bank Information Center, February 26, 2004. Also available:
Burmese, Karen (MS Word 275 KB)
IFI-Burma Update #4, BIC, February 2004 (Acrobat pdf 218 KB)
Petition from Thai and Burmese groups to China regarding Salween River dam plans, December 16, 2003 (SEARIN website)
Resolutions endorsed by Rivers for Life: The 2nd International Meeting of Dam-Affected People and their Allies, December 3, 2003 (IRN website)
Alternative ASEAN Network-Burma's comments on ADB's Information and Disclosure Policies, November 13, 2003 (ADB website)
BIC's September 2003 Update: The Asian Development Bank's Continuing Involvement with Burma
Press
The Multilateral Banks and Burma, guest column in The Irrawaddy magazine by Yuki Akimoto of BIC, April 2004 (Irrawaddy website)
Useful Web Pages
World Bank's page on East Asia and the Pacific [go to the page on Burma (Myanmar) through the pull-down menu]
ADB's Web page on cooperation with the ILO
ADB page on the Greater Mekong Subregion
ADB Web page on Burma
Amnesty International page on Burma
Online Burma Library
Open Society Institute’s Burma Project
International Crisis Group's page on Burma
EarthRights International Burma Project page
Free Burma Coalition
IMF's page on Burma
Burma Daily
The BurmaNet News
The Irrawaddy
Myanmar Times (supported by the military regime)
Shan Herald Agency for News