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Professor Myat Thein (Founder and Executive Director)

Myat Thein, formerly Professor of Economics was also Rector (Dean) of the Institute of Economics, Yangon. He has worked as ASEAN Research Fellow at ISEAS, Singapore and as Visiting Research Fellow at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. He has also carried out various projects sponsored by International Organizations. Myat Thein has contributed numerous papers to various journals and has published and edited a number of books on transitional economies. He is currently serving as member of the advisory board of Journal of GMS Development Studies, and member of the Research Committees (MIRAC) of the Mekong Institute, and working as consultant at the Center for Studies in International Relations and Development (CSIRD), Kolkata.

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Winston Set Aung (Founder and Director of Research)

Winston Set Aung has been involved in many international and regional research projects in various countries including Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Japan. He has successfully completed over 40 international and regional research projects in more than 10 countries. He has written various research papers in cooperation with several international and regional academic, research and policy institutes that include University of Tokyo of Japan, Research Institute on Contemporary South East Asia of France, Institute for Security and Development Policy of Sweden, Mekong Institute of Khon Kaen in Thailand, Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok, Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI-Asia), Nomura Research Institute of Japan, UNDP, etc. He is currently a Founder and the Director of Research of the Asia Development Research Institute (www.asiadevelopment.org), and also a Founder and Executive Director of Asia Language and Business Academy (www.alba-edu.com) of Myanmar. He is also a Faculty Member of the MBA Programme of Yangon Institute of Economics. In addition, he is a member of the Research Advisory Committee of Mekong Institute which is an inter-governmental organization of the Greater Mekong Sub-region based in Thailand. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Mekong Societies published by Center for Research on Plurality in the Mekong Region, Khon Kaen University of Thailand.

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