Myanmar: Beyond Politics to Societal Imperatives

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Kyaw Yin Hlaing, Robert H. Taylor, Tin Maung Maung Than
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005 - Burma - 192 pages
Seeking to look beyond the day-to-day headlines and judgemental comments on developments in Myanmar, this volume gets under the surface to look at the underlying issues which the country faces regardless of its political future. After looking back to essay the historical forces and human agencies which have shaped contemporary Myanmar, the volume addresses health care and public policy provision with suggestions as to what potential roles the international community might have in assisting Myanmar's future socio-economic development. Myanmar: Beyond Politics to Societal Imperatives broadens the debate on this state of more than 50 million people beyond the usual narrow didactics about democratization and economic policies.

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Reaching out to the World
30
The Roots of Economic Malaise
86
Assessing the Impact of HIV and Other Health Issues on
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About the author (2005)

•Kyaw Yin Hlaing is an Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, National University of Singapore.

•Robert H. Taylor is a former Pro-Director, SOAS and Retired Vice-Chancellor, Buckingham University, UK and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.

•Tin Maung Maung Than is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. 

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