OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Myanmar 2020

Acronyms and abbreviations

ACC	Anti-Corruption Commission
ACIA	ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement
ACT	Action, Collaboration, Transformation
ADB	Asian Development Bank
ADS	Agriculture Development Strategy and Investment Plan 2018–2023
AJCEPA	ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
AMS	ASEAN Member States
APG	Asia / Pacific Group on Money Laundering
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASM	Artisanal and Small-scale Mining
BECZ	Border Economic Cooperation Zones (BECZ
BHR	Business and Human Rights
BITs	Bilateral Investment Treaties
BRI	Belt and Road Initiative
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CCVFV	Central Committee for the Management of Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands
CETA	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
CIT	Corporate Income Tax
COVID-19	Coronavirus 2019
CPTPP	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CSOs	Civil Society Organisations
DALMS	Department of Agriculture Land Management and Statistics
DICA	Directorate for Investment and Company Administration
DISI	Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection
EAOs	Ethnic Armed Organisations
ECCs	Environmental Compliance Certificates
ECD	Environmental Conservation Department
ECL	Environmental Conservation Law
EIA	Environmental Impact Assessment
EITI	Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative
EMP	Environmental Management Plan
EPZ	Export Processing Zones
ESG	Environmental, Social and Governance
ESIA	Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
ESR	Export Share Requirement
EU	European Union
EU EBA	European Union Everything But Arms arrangement
FAB	Farmland Administrative Body
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FATF	Financial Action Task Force
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FET	Fair and Equitable Treatment
FIL	Foreign Investment Law
FPIC	Free, Prior and Informed Consent
FWF	Fair Wear Foundation
G20	Group of Twenty biggest economies in the world
G7	Group of Seven Nations
GAD	Union Government’s General Administration Department
GMS	Greater Mekong Subregion
GVCs	Global Value Chains
GW / GWh	Gigawatt / Gigawatt-hour
IAC	Investment Assistance Committee
ICJ	International Court of Justice
ICSID	International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
IDPs	Internally Displaced Persons
IEE	Initial Environmental Examination
IFC	International Finance Corporation
ILO	International Labour Organisation
IMF	International Monetary Fund
Index	OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index
IP	Intellectual Property
IPA	Investment Promotion Agency
IPC	Investment Promotion Committee
IPP	Independent Power Producers
ISDS	Investor-State Dispute Settlement
ISIC	International Standard Industrial Classification
ISPAT	Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey
IWT	Inland Water Transport
IZ	Industrial Zone
JETRO	Japan External Trade Organisation
JICA	Japan International Co-operation Agency
LRA	Land Rights Authorisation
LUC	Land Use Certificate
M&E	Monitoring and Evaluation
MAC	Myanmar Arbitration Centre
MACCS	Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance System
MCCSAP	Myanmar Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2018–2030
MCIS	Myanmar Customs Intelligence System
MCL	Myanmar Companies Law
MCRB	Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business
MEAs	Multilateral Environmental Agreements
MFN	Most-Favoured Nation
MIC	Myanmar Investment Commission
MIFER	Ministry for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations
MIL	Myanmar Investment Law
MIOD	Myanmar Institute of Directors
MIPP	Myanmar Investment Promotion Plan
MIR	Myanmar Investment Rules
MJTD	Myanmar Japan Thilawa Development Ltd.
MMK	Myanmar Kyat
MNE	Multinational Enterprises
MNHRC	Myanmar Human Rights Commission
MOALI	Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
MONREC	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
MOPFI	Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding
MSDP	Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan
MST	Minimum Standard of Treatment
MW / MWh	Megawatt-hour
MyCo	Myanmar Companies Online Portal
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NAP	National Action Plan
NCP	National Contact Point
NDCs	Nationally-Determined Contributions
NEP	National Environmental Policy 2019
NLD	National League for Democracy
NLL	National Land Law
NLMP	National Logistics Master Plan 2018-2030
NLUC	National Land Use Council
NLUP	National Land Use Policy
NSW	National Single Window
NT	National Treatment
ODA	Official Development Assistance
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OHCHR	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
ORD	Office of Registration of Deeds
OSS	One-Stop-Shop
OSSC	Thilawa One-Stop-Shop-Centre
PAT	Proposal Assessment Team
PFI	Policy Framework for Investment
PIE	Private Industrial Enterprise Law 1990
PPA	Power Purchase Agreement
PPP	Public-Private Partnership
PSDC	Private Sector Development Committee
R&D	Research & Development
RBC	Responsible Business Conduct
RBF	Responsible Business Fund
RCEP	Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
RIA	Regulatory Impact Assessment
SDGs	Sustainable Development Goals
SEA	Strategic Environmental Assessments
SEE	State Economic Enterprises
SEZs	Special Economic Zones
SMEs	Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
SOEs	State-Owned Enterprises
SOPs	Standard Operating Procedures
TEU	Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
TIPRA	Transfer of Property Restriction Act
TRIPS	WTO Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement
TSMC	Thilawa SEZ Management Committee
TVET	Technical and Vocational Education and Training
UAGO	Union Attorney-General Office
UMFCCI	Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
UN	United Nations
UNCITRAL	United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNGP	United Nations Global Compact
UNHCR	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNWG	United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights
USMCA	United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
VAT	Value-added Tax
VFV Land	Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land
VGGT	FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
VTAs	Village Tract Administrators
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organisation
WJP Index	World Justice Project Rule of Law Index
WTO	World Trade Organisation
WWF	World Wildlife Fund