Mathematically valid, but... If Myanmar had a stable and reliably growing economy, the world would be a different place. Turning Myanmar into a country with a

Mathematically valid, but... If Myanmar had a stable and reliably growing economy, the world would be a different place. Turning Myanmar into a country with a stable economy that could grow at 5% annually would be worthy of a Nobel Prize in economics. Practically, recovery costs in the neighborhood of 60% of Myanmar's GDP represents many decades of development. Or enormous foreign aid from China. I'm not sure how valuable Myanmar is to China though.