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Feature Web PagesMyanmarMyanmar is commonly recognized as a resource rich country with a very strategic location between the worlds two most populous countries and largest markets, China to the east and India to the west. This, combined with a good education level enabled the country to grow rapidly when at peace. The growth rate between about 1895 and 1930 was among the highest in Asia. It is also known in a general sense that there are complex historical, cultural and social conditions that make achieving peace and stability in the country quite difficult. What is less known is just how complex this is and just what the international community can do to help the process.This web page is being developed as a focal point for discussion about some of these factors and about development issues and trends. It is intended for the use of people and institutions interested in Myanmar. The Institute believes there is a need and current opportunity for the international community to look for ways to encourage compromise and support a development process more connected into the mainstream. Read More about Democracy in Myanmar... The opportunity may be arising because of the latest round of peace initiatives between Government and separatist groups that have been fighting for over 40 years, some ever since Burma got its independence from British colonial rule in 1948. Read More about the ceasefire agreement between the Burmese military and the Karen National Union... Members of the Institute have experience in Myanmar over more than 20 years and in a wide variety of contexts ranging from professional consulting assignments to diplomatic and ‘head of mission’ postings. Technical areas of experience include; agriculture and agro-processes, refugee resettlement, illicit drug abuse control and reduction of opium production, HIV/AIDS prevention, strategic area development planning and mining. Recent travels by Institute members to the Northern Shan and Kachin States have shown how development under the influence of the Chinese markets in Yunnan Province has been progressing very rapidly, indicating the opportunities international market access can provide for Burma, while at the same time giving indications of a lack of long term economic benefit for the country unless such opportunities are pursued in the context of sustainable development. Read More about the latest political changes happening in Burma (Dec 2004) ...
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