Dictatorship, disorder and decline in Myanmar

Table of Contents

Preliminary Pages

Editors’ note

Contributors

1: Overview

References

Political Update

2: The dramatic events of 2007 in Myanmar: domestic and international implications

Introduction

The fuel-price protests of August 2007

The events of September 2007 and their impact

References

3: Internal dynamics of the Burmese military: before, during and after the 2007 demonstrations

Introduction

Historical antecedents

Characteristics of the SLORC period (1988–92)

Internal dynamics before the August–September 2007 demonstrations

Internal dynamics during the August–September 2007 demonstrations

Internal dynamics after the August–September 2007 demonstrations

Future scenarios

References

Economic Update

4: Myanmar’s GDP growth and investment: lessons from a historical perspective

Introduction

Myanmar’s ‘good’ performance from a comparative viewpoint

Review of Myanmar’s economic performance using time-series data

Conclusion

Appendix

5: Migrant-worker remittances and Burma: an economic analysis of survey results

Introduction

The importance of remittances

Remittance channels and instruments

Choosing between formal and informal transfer schemes

Survey findings

Some conjectures

Concluding thoughts

References

6: Myanmar’s economic relations with China: who benefits and who pays?

Introduction

Historical and political background

Trade relations

Economic and business cooperation

Conclusion: who benefits and who pays?

References

Education and Health Update

7: Myanmar education: challenges, prospects and options

The setting: the land and its people

Myanmar education: the roles of the stakeholders

The education process

Issues in Myanmar education

Prospects and options

Challenges for tertiary education: options

Conclusion

References

8: Evolving Education in Myanmar: the interplay of state, business and the community

Introduction

The issue of private-sector involvement—a global phenomenon

Education in Myanmar — past and present

Private education in Myanmar

Outside Yangon in an ethnic minority area: the case in Mitkyina

Conclusion

References

Appendix 8.1 Structure of educational institutions in Myanmar

Appendix 8.2 Examples of private schools in Yangon

9: The (re)-emergence of civil society in areas of state weakness: the case of education in Burma/Myanmar

Introduction

Civil society in the context of authoritarianism and state weakness: some theoretical reflections

The weakness of the state-run education system

Civil society-based education systems in government-controlled areas

Extra tuition, early childhood development, professional skills training and capacity building: the role of NGOs, community-based organisations and individuals

Conclusion

References

10: Islamic education in Myanmar: a case study

Introduction

Different Myanmar Muslim groups

Madrasahs in Myanmar

Appendix

References

11: Contemporary medical pluralism in Burma

Introduction

Overview of the healthcare system

Patterns of health seeking

Humanitarian and medical aid

Human rights abuses

Transnational and cross-border health care

Conclusion: human rights and the right to health

Epilogue

References

12: Health security among internally displaced and vulnerable populations in eastern Burma

Introduction

The current security situation in eastern Burma

Success of border-based health programs

Conclusion

References