Acronyms and abbreviations
Anti-Corruption Commission
ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement
Action, Collaboration, Transformation
Asian Development Bank
Agriculture Development Strategy and Investment Plan 2018–2023
ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
ASEAN Member States
Asia / Pacific Group on Money Laundering
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining
Border Economic Cooperation Zones (BECZ
Business and Human Rights
Bilateral Investment Treaties
Belt and Road Initiative
Convention on Biological Diversity
Central Committee for the Management of Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Corporate Income Tax
Coronavirus 2019
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Customer Relationship Management
Civil Society Organisations
Department of Agriculture Land Management and Statistics
Directorate for Investment and Company Administration
Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection
Ethnic Armed Organisations
Environmental Compliance Certificates
Environmental Conservation Department
Environmental Conservation Law
Environmental Impact Assessment
Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative
Environmental Management Plan
Export Processing Zones
Environmental, Social and Governance
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
Export Share Requirement
European Union
European Union Everything But Arms arrangement
Farmland Administrative Body
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Financial Action Task Force
Foreign Direct Investment
Fair and Equitable Treatment
Foreign Investment Law
Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Fair Wear Foundation
Group of Twenty biggest economies in the world
Group of Seven Nations
Union Government’s General Administration Department
Greater Mekong Subregion
Global Value Chains
Gigawatt / Gigawatt-hour
Investment Assistance Committee
International Court of Justice
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Internally Displaced Persons
Initial Environmental Examination
International Finance Corporation
International Labour Organisation
International Monetary Fund
OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index
Intellectual Property
Investment Promotion Agency
Investment Promotion Committee
Independent Power Producers
Investor-State Dispute Settlement
International Standard Industrial Classification
Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey
Inland Water Transport
Industrial Zone
Japan External Trade Organisation
Japan International Co-operation Agency
Land Rights Authorisation
Land Use Certificate
Monitoring and Evaluation
Myanmar Arbitration Centre
Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance System
Myanmar Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2018–2030
Myanmar Customs Intelligence System
Myanmar Companies Law
Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Most-Favoured Nation
Myanmar Investment Commission
Ministry for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations
Myanmar Investment Law
Myanmar Institute of Directors
Myanmar Investment Promotion Plan
Myanmar Investment Rules
Myanmar Japan Thilawa Development Ltd.
Myanmar Kyat
Multinational Enterprises
Myanmar Human Rights Commission
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry
Memorandum of Understanding
Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan
Minimum Standard of Treatment
Megawatt-hour
Myanmar Companies Online Portal
North American Free Trade Agreement
National Action Plan
National Contact Point
Nationally-Determined Contributions
National Environmental Policy 2019
National League for Democracy
National Land Law
National Logistics Master Plan 2018-2030
National Land Use Council
National Land Use Policy
National Single Window
National Treatment
Official Development Assistance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Office of Registration of Deeds
One-Stop-Shop
Thilawa One-Stop-Shop-Centre
Proposal Assessment Team
Policy Framework for Investment
Private Industrial Enterprise Law 1990
Power Purchase Agreement
Public-Private Partnership
Private Sector Development Committee
Research & Development
Responsible Business Conduct
Responsible Business Fund
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Regulatory Impact Assessment
Sustainable Development Goals
Strategic Environmental Assessments
State Economic Enterprises
Special Economic Zones
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
State-Owned Enterprises
Standard Operating Procedures
Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
Transfer of Property Restriction Act
WTO Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement
Thilawa SEZ Management Committee
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Union Attorney-General Office
Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
United Nations
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Global Compact
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Value-added Tax
Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land
FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
Village Tract Administrators
World Intellectual Property Organisation
World Justice Project Rule of Law Index
World Trade Organisation
World Wildlife Fund