Linked to Jared’s BSC presentation about doing business in Myanmar were some opening remarks from Zaw Oo, adviser to President Thein Sein on economic matters, and head of the Centre for Economic and Social Development at Myanmar Development Resource Institute. Among much else, he drew attention to the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index. This takes 189 jurisdictions, aggregates ten relevant indicators, and from them generates an overall evaluation of the regulatory environment facing anyone wishing to start or operate a local firm. The Doing Business 2014 data for Myanmar give the country an overall rank of 182 out of 189 (and the lowest place outside of Africa). Especially bad are disaggregated rankings for starting a business (189), enforcing contracts (188), protecting investors (182) and getting credit (170). As Zaw Oo put it, the only way is up.