Editing Economy of Myanmar (section)

==Still unresolved internal problems==
In a first ever countrywide study in 2013, the Myanmar government found that 37 per cent of the population were unemployed and 26 per cent lived in poverty.<ref name="burmaemploy">{{Cite news |date=26 January 2013 |title=37% jobless in Myanmar, study finds |publisher=Investvine.com |url=http://investvine.com/37-jobless-in-myanmar-study-finds/ |access-date=27 January 2013 |archive-date=8 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908100413/http://investvine.com/37-jobless-in-myanmar-study-finds/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The current state of the Burmese economy has also had a significant impact on the [[people of Burma]], as economic hardship results in extreme delays of marriage and family building. The average age of marriage in Burma is 27.5 for men, 26.4 for women, almost unparalleled in the region, with the exception of developed countries like [[Singapore]].<ref name="mya">{{Cite journal |last=Myat Mon |year=2008 |title=The Economic Position of Women in Burma |journal=Asian Studies Review |publisher=Wiley |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=243–255 |doi=10.1080/10357820008713272 |s2cid=144323033 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=World Marriage Patterns 2000 |url=https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldmarriage/worldmarriagepatterns2000.pdf |access-date=16 January 2018 |website=Un.org |archive-date=25 December 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031225072830/https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldmarriage/worldmarriagepatterns2000.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Burma also has a low fertility rate of 2.07 children per woman (2010), especially as compared to other Southeast Asian countries of similar economic standing, like Cambodia (3.18) and Laos (4.41), representing a significant decline from 4.7 in 1983, despite the absence of a national population policy.<ref name="jon">{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Gavin W. |year=2007 |title=Delayed Marriage and Very Low Fertility in Pacific Asia |url=http://dahuang.dhxy.info/population/Delayed_Marriage_Fertility09.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Population and Development Review |publisher=The Population Council, Inc. |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=453–478 |doi=10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00180.x |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x361pgmm?url=http://dahuang.dhxy.info/population/Delayed_Marriage_Fertility09.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2011 |access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> This is at least partly attributed to the economic strain that additional children place on family income, and has resulted in the prevalence of illegal [[abortion]]s in the country, as well as use of other forms of [[birth control]].<ref name="bat">{{Cite journal |last=Ba-Thike |first=Katherine |year=1997 |title=Abortion: A Public Health Problem in Myanmar |journal=Reproductive Health Matters |volume=5 |issue=9 |pages=94–100 |doi=10.1016/s0968-8080(97)90010-0 |jstor=3775140 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

The 2012 foreign investment law draft, included a proposal to transform the [[Myanmar Investment Commission]] from a government-appointed body into an independent board. This could bring greater transparency to the process of issuing investment licenses, according to the proposed reforms drafted by experts and senior officials.<ref name="mic1">{{Cite news |date=5 February 2013 |title=Myanmar to reform investment body |publisher=Investvine.com |url=http://investvine.com/myanmar-to-reform-investment-body/ |access-date=11 February 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101155735/http://investvine.com/myanmar-to-reform-investment-body/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, even with this draft, it will still remain a question on whether corruption in the government can be addressed (links have been shown between certain key individuals inside the government and the drug trade, as well as many industries that use forced labour -for example the mining industry-).<ref name="javafilms.fr">{{Cite web |title=Burma: Rubies and Religion – Java Films |url=http://www.javafilms.fr/spip.php?article1795 |access-date=16 January 2018 |website=Javafilms.fr |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306220800/http://www.javafilms.fr/spip.php?article1795 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Many regions (such as the Golden Triangle) remain off-limits for foreigners, and in some of these regions, the government is at war with the country's ethnic minorities and the opposition.<ref name="javafilms.fr" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=On Patrol With Myanmar Rebels Fighting Both the Army and Drug Addiction – VICE News |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/on-patrol-with-myanmar-rebels-fighting-both-the-army-and-drug-addiction/ |access-date=16 January 2018 |website=Vice.com |date=23 April 2015 |archive-date=24 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124160059/https://news.vice.com/article/on-patrol-with-myanmar-rebels-fighting-both-the-army-and-drug-addiction |url-status=live }}</ref>