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[Myanmar] Burma Needs Sovereign Wealth Fund: Stiglitz


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Former World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz said Burma should secure the revenue accumulated through its oil and natural gas sales into a sovereign wealth fund to avoid the “resources curse†and distribute wealth more equitably. “Many countries with large natural resources have not done well … in terms of growth, equity, poverty reduction,†the Nobel prize-winning economist said in an interview with CNBC. “[W]e’ve studied the causes and what can be done about it,†he added, suggesting that the fund could also be used to stabilize exchange rates.

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