Myanmar's Foreign Exchange Market Controls, Reforms, and Informal Market /

• Main Author: Kubo, Koji (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Development economics.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Economic development projects-Finance.; Trade.; Business.; Commerce.; Development Economics.; Asian Economics.; Development Finance.

This is the first book dedicated to the scrutinization of Myanmar's unofficial foreign exchange market, its roots in restrictive administrative controls on foreign exchange and international trade, and its effects on the country's economic performance. This book integrates vast pieces of r...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introductory Chapter: Myanmar's Foreign Exchange Market-Controls, Reforms, and Informal Market
• Chapter 2 Piecemeal Reforms in the 1990s and Forex Market Segmentation between State and Private Sectors
• Chapter 3 Unofficial Forex Market and Informal Economic Activities under Exchange Restrictions on the Private Sector
• Chapter 4 Import Controls, Natural Resource Booms, and Extraordinary Real Exchange Rate Appreciation in 2007-2011
• Chapter 5 Foreign Exchange Market Reform since 2011: Linkage between the Official and Unofficial Markets
• Chapter 6 Informal Currency Deals and New Official Customer Dealing: Who Chooses Which?
• Chapter 7 Concluding Chapter: Prospects for Modernizing the Foreign Exchange Market
• Index.