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ESI Seminar
Topic:
Myanmar Integrated Energy and Rural Electrification
Development Reports
Speaker: Mr Keith W. Rabin, President of KWR International Inc. and KWR
International (Asia) Pte Ltd
Date:
9 June 2015
Time:
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Venue:
ESI Conference Room
29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Block A, #10-01
Singapore 119620
Please send us your name, organisation and email address via the ESI website here. For enquiries,
please contact Ms. Jan Lui at 65162000.
Abstract:
KWR International (Asia) Pte Ltd (KWR) recently completed a multi-year research effort to help facilitate
Integrated Energy Development and Rural Electrification in Myanmar for the University of Tokyo and
Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). This initiative commenced in 2012 to
prepare the energy/electrification component of t he multi-sector Myanmar Comprehensive Development
Vision (MCDV), and identified three key themes, including Grid Extension and Development, Off Grid/
Rural Electrification and Regional Integration/Cross-Border Electrification for further study.
Over the next two years KWR initiated three phases of fieldwork, including site visits to 9 of Myanmar's 14
States and Regions, Naypyitaw and the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. The team visited cities, towns,
villages, power and industrial facilities, as well as the planned Thilawa, Dawei and Kyaukphyu Special
Economic Zones. Interactive meetings were also organized with senior and mid-level government officials,
private firms, business and trade associations to discuss this research and to help formulate the analysis
and conclusions most relevant to Myanmar's needs and requirements. Three comprehensive reports
were prepared to help define and drive Myanmar's Integrated Energy and Rural Electrification
Development efforts, including:
• Phase I: On-the-Ground Conditions and Key Issues Relating to Rural Electrification in Myanmar
• Phase II: Comparative Cost & Technology Relating to Rural Electrification in Myanmar
• Phase III: Cross-Border Electrification and Potential for Regional Energy Integration in Myanmar
This project was directed by Keith Rabin, President of New York-based KWR International, Inc. and
Singapore-based KWR International (Asia) Pte. Ltd, (KWR). Mr. Rabin is a recognized expert on Asia and
ASEAN business and investment development, with over 30 years of experience working on large-scale
Asia-oriented investment, infrastructure and economic development projects.
29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Block A #10-01, Singapore 119620 Phone: (65) 6516 2000 Fax: (65) 6775 1831 Website: www.esi.nus.edu.sg
About the Speaker:
Mr. Keith Rabin serves as President of Singapore-based KWR International (Asia)
Pte Ltd and New York-based KWR International, Inc. He possesses over thirty years
of public-private sector experience as a manager and consultant with substantial
expertise directing energy, renewable energy and rural electrification as well as
business, investment, economic, trade and project development, research and
public relations/affairs initiatives. Mr. Rabin recently directed a multi-year Myanmar
Integrated Energy Development initiative for the University of Tokyo and Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), emphasizing grid extension,
cross-border integration and rural/off-grid development. Mr. Rabin also directed
preparation of Energy/Electrification section of Myanmar Comprehensive
Development Vision, a multi-sector review for Myanmar’s Ministry of National Planning and Economic
Planning. Mr. Rabin has also helped to design, implement and support many other energy,
infrastructure, economic development, financial transactions, and policy related initiatives for
public-private sector clients in Myanmar, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Malaysia,
Bangladesh, Palau, Singapore, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Turkey,
Afghanistan and the United States. Additional experience in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America
and the Caribbean. Mr. Rabin holds a Masters degree from Columbia University School of International
Affairs with a focus on International Business and Finance and a Bachelors Degree, Anthropology from
the State University of New York/Albany.