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    <title>BIC Updates: Burma</title>
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    <description>The latest news on Burma from the Bank Information Center</description>
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      <title>Independent Report questions integrity of ASEAN assessment of Burma damages</title>
      <description>A new report released by an independent researcher from the Burmese community says that many victims of Cyclone Nargis are still not getting adequate relief material from international aid groups, including the United Nations agencies.</description>
      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3858.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World Bank and ADB cautioned against increasing engagement with Burma's military regime</title>
      <description>In a Statement issued June 17, the Ethnic Community Development Forum (ECDF) of Burma cautioned the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) against any engagement with Burma's military rulers in the post-Cyclone Nargis scenario given the human rights situation in the country.</description>
      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3818.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:33:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BIC WILL BEGIN NEW WORK ON PROJECTS IN BURMA IN 2006.</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.2529.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:22:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Burmese translation of “Multilateral Development Banks and Burma” now available</title>
      <description>This resource is designed to help Burmese speakers understand MDB engagement with Burma.</description>
      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.2218.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:55:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MDB Mission meets with Burma PM</title>
      <description>Mission aimed to assess Burma's economic situation.</description>
      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1851.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:46:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>EarthRights International brings concern over dams in Burma to Beijing</title>
      <description>Concerns echoed by NGOs and Chinese farmers during a symposium on hydropower and sustainable development.</description>
      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1793.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:36:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BIC releases Country Updates for Burma, Cambodia, and Vietnam</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1760.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:29:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BIC offers new Resource Book for civil society on Multilateral Development Banks and Burma</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1642.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:34:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Thai magazine article addresses MDB assistance to Burma</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1452.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2004 13:56:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Senator McConnell threatens to cut U.S. funding to MDBs providing assistance to Burma</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1388.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2004 11:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BIC releases Factsheet in Burmese and Karen languages about Asian Development Bank support for Burma</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1319.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:31:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BIC IFI-Burma Update #4 details ADB's technical assistance projects whose scope includes Burma</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1325.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 15:31:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ADB publishes draft summary of Regional Cooperation and Strategy for the GMS</title>
      <description>The RCSP is the ADB's five-year strategy for the GMS. Burma is a member of the GMS and to that extent is included in the scope of the RCSP.</description>
      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1026.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:37:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Burma groups call on China to consult downstream countries on dam plans on Salween River</title>
      <description>In this petition more than 80 groups claim that these dams, planned for the upper part of the river in China's Yunnan Province, will have severe negative impacts on the ecosystem and livelihoods of people living along the river in Thailand and Burma.</description>
      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1027.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:54:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Stop dams in Burma: Resolutions of the Second International Meeting of Dam-affected Peoples and their Allies</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1012.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:33:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Burma groups comment on ADB's Disclosure and Information Policies</title>
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      <link>http://bicusa.org/en/Article.1028.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:01:07 GMT</pubDate>
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