After almost 50 years of dictatorship and economic isolation, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) experiences a phase of democratic development and economic opening. Myanmar with a population of 53 million is reckoned to be the most exciting and promising market worldwide; companies from all over the world are willing to invest and get a piece of the action from it. MYANMARKET illustrates the subtle fine mechanics of the encounter between the forces of the market and the, mostly poor, people living in a “virgin” economy.