Myanmar's Present Development and Future Options
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8097032 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allen L Clark (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 772-791 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/as.1999.39.5.01p0026u |
| OpenAlex | W4248617032 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
Despite the attempts of many governments and others in the international community over the past decade to bring about a shift in the government and policies of the Union of Myanmar (hereinafter Myanmar), there has been little change in the overall policies and control of the nation by the ruling State Protection and Development Council (SPDC). Many of these efforts have focused particularly on the issue of recognition of the legitimately elected but unseated government of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and its leader, General Secretary Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Burma's independence hero General Aung San. Despite this, the SPDC, formerly known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), has been resistant. Prior to 1998, the SPDC had been quite successful in both attracting foreign investment into the country and implementing several major development projects, particularly in the energy and mineral sectors. However, beginning in 1998 the effect of the Asian economic crises, and to a lesser extent international sanctions on Myanmar by Australia, the U.S., and various member states of the European Union, resulted in a dramatic reduction in the growth rate of the gross domestic product (GDP) and a virtual halt to foreign investment. Although the present slowdown in Myanmar's economic growth could conceivably result in the social unrest and a change in government that such conditions had produced elsewhere in the region (e.g., Thailand, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea), the government has a number of options with respect to development that should allow it to weather the impacts of the economic crises, sanctions, and a domestic slowdown. What these development options are is the main thesis of this article
Business · Development economics · Economics · Political science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · International Development and Aid
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| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2024 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |