The UN has warned that fuel price hikes in Burma could worsen the dire economic situation for many people in the country, as dozens of pro-democracy activists resumed defiant protests against the increase.
Charles Petrie, the UN humanitarian chief in Myanmar (Burma), said the price hike will hit most Burmese families hard, since almost 90 percent live below or near the poverty line, which he defined as living on one US dollar a day.
Kilde: www.worldbank.org