# In an op-ed, Prof. Michael Spence details Myanmar's potential for economic growth

1 Faculty News July 15, 2013 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025700.jpg?itok=LSPbU2V1)>

Excerpt from [Financial Times](http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/07/15/guest-post-myanmars-moment/#axzz2Z7jjlZrs) -- "If Myanmar were to invest quickly and heavily in broadband and mobile telecoms, it could be one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, potentially quadrupling GDP from $45bn in 2010 to over $200bn in 2030, and taking 18m people out of poverty."

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