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A Situational 'Balance Sheet' of Myanmar/Burma at a Glance (特集 持続可能なコミュニティの形成を目指して) -- (ミャンマー調査からの指摘 : 社会変化、コミュニティおよび市民に着目して)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Yamahata, Chosein |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | This paper explains the current position of Myanmar/Burma under the present administration-a quasiュ civilian government, formed itself with many ex-generals from the previous regime and highlighted its transformation process. It also highlights the country's political development in a historical perspective whilst listing the major good, bad and ugly situations that Myanmar/Burma confronts. The study not only reports about Myanmar/Burma from diverse angles including tensions, limitations, pressures, failures , opportunities and possibilities, but also discusses the current push by students in national educational law as a test to the government's level of maturity in its democratic practice. Furthermore, this paper discusses how the country and her people can move forward on the path of transformation through generating internal players' collaboration as well as recelvmg international cooperation from external players to consequently enhance Myanmar/Burma's position on development and democracy. 1. The good, the bad and the ugly Myanmar/Burma is commonly portrayed in both international and local media as a key country in transition. The country draws the highest attention and continued focus by numerous global citizens including activists in the NGO community, responsible representatives from different IGOs, people in official aid communities from foreign governments, multinational aid agencies, academics belonging to overseas universities, foreign investors, policy makers from regional organisations and international agencies and wor ld leaders as they are rushing to undertake something of potential positive outcome for Myanmar/Burma depends heavily on a combination of domestic (internal) and external factors. The natural resources of Myanmar/Burma are attractive for foreign investment due to the fact that the country is filled with al kinds of natural resources such as, but not limited to, offshore gas, copper, iron, gold, gems, minerals, teak and other forest and marine resources. Foreign countries inclusive of China, India, the United States, ASEAN and al others desire these in this age of the energy-security race. Until the most recent past, the country was under military-led administration. This governance caused mismanagement with wrong priorities, accumulating inefficiency of al kinds for more than Myanmar/Burma's current and future development half a century. The result was clear as path. Myanmar/Burma was ranked consecutively as one of Consequently, the country is described and the least developed countries on the world labeled by many based on their individual perceptions development ladder since the early 1980s. Electricity and interests as shortlisted as follows: the next supplies are erratic and the agrarian sector is economic frontier in Asia, the world's largely untapped dominated by subsistence farming; other productive market, the emerging country from sixty years of sectors show either stagnant or negligible results , thus hibernation, not a paradise but caution and patience wasting the country's scarce resources while plpmg are the keys, the land of geopolitical importance and national budget down to meeting the security sector's strategic balance of Asia and a beggar with a golden vast demand over satisfying the basic needs of its bowl. The current reality and future potential in terms citizens Csocial sector). of democracy, peace and prosperity in Even though the present administration of |
| Starting Page | 11 |
| Ending Page | 21 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://kiyou.lib.agu.ac.jp/pdf/kiyou_26F/26__6F/26__6_11.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
