Review: Useful, Pragmatic Advice
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
After decades of isolation, the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has finally opened to its borders to foreign investments with its 2011 government reforms, bringing in investments from all over. Part of the motivation for the Burmese to open up is to lower its dependency on the Chinese. The Chinese remains Myanmar's largest trade partner with Chinese investments supporting Myanmar infrastructure and Chinese machinery supporting Myanmar's industry. However, anti-Chinese sentiments and a regime looking to find alternatives to China has made Myanmar a prime target for outside investors especially from the West.Jonathan Nichols arrived in Myanmar on the eve the international trade sanctions against Myanmar were lifted in response to government reforms. Setting up a real estate company and then a heavy machinery distribution company, Nichols offers up his experiences doing business in the country and how to avoid common pitfalls. Throwing political correctness out the window, Nichols instructs us on how to deal with the Burmese and the Burmese culture. Though short, Nichols Myanmar for Foreign Dummies offers up useful, pragmatic advice to those looking to do business in Myanmar.