The objective of the Myanmar Business Survey 2015 (MBS) is to address these limitations and to provide comprehensive economic statistics on the private sector of Myanmar, to inform both government policy-makers and non-government stakeholders, and to provide a key data source for the calculation of national accounts. The survey is expected to be the first in a series of regular annual or biennial business surveys, and was designed to comply with international standards and best practices for economic statistics / structural business statistics. It constitutes a core element of the official economic statistics of Myanmar. The survey was implemented jointly by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) and Planning Department (PD) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance (MoPF). UNDP provided capacity building, technical assistance and financial support during the survey. ISTAT also provided capacity building and technical support.

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