This is a colourful tapestry, by a Rangoon-based writer, of the lives of ordinary Burmese; from porters and sailors, fortune tellers, waitresses and artists, to petty criminals, "on the road to Mandalay".
Myanmar's admission to ASEAN in 1997, despite pressure from the West to defer the decision due to Myanmar's allegedly poor human rights record, represents a key event in its economic development, political evolution and regional relations. Myanmar's conduct within, and membership of, the regional organization continues to be a topic of strong ...
As the regional and financial economic crisis has bottomed out and the ASEAN countries are on the recovery path, this volume seeks to carry out a post-mortem on the crisis to evaluate the sustainability of the recovery and the long-term direction of the ASEAN economies.
Since 1995, the ASEAN grouping has been extended to include Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. ASEAN's focus has changed from political and military security to economic cooperation and development. This work explores economic and political issues confronting the enlarged ASEAN-10.
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