Author : Raja Segaran Arumugam
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 28,18 MB
Release : 2018-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This book traces the process of government control over the industry. It outlines, first, the role of British oil companies, during the colonial period. The post-independence policies of the Burmese Government(1948-63) led to a joint venture between the state and British oil companies and later to nationalization in 1963. Finally, the book also examines the progress, problems and recent policy changes relating to the state oil industry (1963 till present).
Author : A. Racey
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 33,8 MB
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 186239735X
With the social, political and economic changes taking place in Myanmar (formerly Burma) there is a keen interest among international resource companies to explore opportunities for investment in the country. As early as the 1700s oil was being produced onshore from deep, hand-dug wells and was exported as far afield as India. But in the petroleum sector the most dramatic change has been the discovery offshore of major gasfields. The present volume is the first to bring together information on the offshore as well as the onshore petroleum geology. The readership is likely to include not only those in the petroleum industry seeking an overview of the habitat of Myanmar’s oil and gas, but also researchers in the broader field of SE Asian geology. As in many parts of the world, it has been the petroleum industry that has provided data of value to stratigraphers, structural geologists and those seeking to decipher the tectonic history of the region.
Author : Bronwen Manby
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 23,48 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781564322258
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Author : Thant Myint-U
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 16,52 MB
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1324003308
A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2019 A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020 “An urgent book.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times During a century of colonialism, Burma was plundered for its natural resources and remade as a racial hierarchy. Over decades of dictatorship, it suffered civil war, repression, and deep poverty. Today, Burma faces a mountain of challenges: crony capitalism, exploding inequality, rising ethnonationalism, extreme racial violence, climate change, multibillion dollar criminal networks, and the power of China next door. Thant Myint-U shows how the country’s past shapes its recent and almost unbelievable attempt to create a new democracy in the heart of Asia, and helps to answer the big questions: Can this multicultural country of 55 million succeed? And what does Burma’s story really tell us about the most critical issues of our time?
Author : Robert H. Taylor
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Burma
ISBN : 9789971694661
Author : John Percy Hardiman
Publisher :
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Burma
ISBN :
Author : David I Steinberg
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9814951722
The Myanmar military has dominated that complex country for most of the period since independence in 1948. The fourth coup of 1 February 2021 was the latest by the military to control those aspects of society it deemed essential to its own interests, and its perception of state interests. The military’s institutional power was variously maintained by rule by decree, through political parties it founded and controlled, and through constitutional provisions it wrote that could not be amended without its approval. This fourth coup seems a product of personal demands for power between Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and Aung San Suu Kyi, and the especially humiliating defeat of the military-backed party at the hands of the National League for Democracy in the November 2020 elections. The violent and bloody suppression of widespread demonstrations continues, compromise seems unlikely, and the previous diarchic governance will not return. Myanmar’s political and economic future is endangered and suppression will only result in future outbreaks of political frustration.
Author : Bertil Lintner
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 19,69 MB
Release : 2021-03
Category : Burma
ISBN : 9786162151705
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) is a nonstate armed group that administers an autonomous zone in the difficult-to-reach Wa Hills of eastern Myanmar. As China expands its geopolitical interests across Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative, the Wa have come to play a pivotal role in Beijing's efforts to extend its influence in Myanmar. In a book relevant to current debates about geopolitics in Asia, the illicit drug trade, Myanmar's decades-long civil wars, and ongoing efforts to negotiate a settlement, Bertil Lintner, the only foreign journalist to visit the Wa areas when they were controlled by the Communist Party of Burma, traces the history of the Wa Hills and the struggles of its people, providing a rare look at the UWSA.
Author : Janet Lippe Norwood
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 28,89 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Labor
ISBN :
Author : David I. Steinberg
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,64 MB
Release : 2001-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781589012851
Long isolated by rigid military rule, Burma, or Myanmar, is one of the least known, significantly sized states in the world. Possessed of a rich cultural history yet facing a range of challenges to stability and growth, it has struck the imaginations of those concerned not only with geopolitical or trade affairs but also with poverty, health, and human rights. David I. Steinberg sheds new light on this reclusive state by exploring issues of authority and legitimacy in its politics, economics, social structure, and culture since the popular uprising and military coup of 1988. Exploring the origins of that year’s tumultuous events, Steinberg analyzes a generation of preceding military governments and their attempts to address the nation’s problems. He focuses on the role of the military, the effects of Burma’s geopolitical placement, the plight of the poor, the destruction of civil society, and rising ethnic tensions. While taking into account the importance of foreign observers as counterpoints to official views, suppliers of economic aid, and advocates of reform, Steinberg contends that ultimately, the solutions to Myanmar’s varied problems lie with the Burmese themselves and the policies of their government. The paperback edition includes a postcript that reveals the most current and critical issues facing Burma since the publication of the original hardcover in March 2001. Steinberg brings readers up to date on the recent release of political prisoners, economic and military conditions, United Nations actions, and the complex, ever-changing relationship between Thailand and Myanmar.
