The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: New Openings for Civil Society in Myanmar

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Simpson, Adam
Griffith University Author(s)
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2017
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Th e key challenges for the National League for Democracy (NLD) gov-ernment are to both manage a long- term political transition from mili-tary to civilian rule and initiate a durable economic transformation towards a more broad- based economic growth model with the benefi ts of development spread more evenly amongst the population. In the short- to- medium term, however, natural resource extraction will remain a key source of national income and foreign exchange. A successful political and economic transition to entrenched democratic rule therefore requires a far more comprehensive and inclusive approach to natural ...
View more >Th e key challenges for the National League for Democracy (NLD) gov-ernment are to both manage a long- term political transition from mili-tary to civilian rule and initiate a durable economic transformation towards a more broad- based economic growth model with the benefi ts of development spread more evenly amongst the population. In the short- to- medium term, however, natural resource extraction will remain a key source of national income and foreign exchange. A successful political and economic transition to entrenched democratic rule therefore requires a far more comprehensive and inclusive approach to natural resource governance than has previously been attempted (Bauer, Shortell and Delesgues 2016 ).
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View more >Th e key challenges for the National League for Democracy (NLD) gov-ernment are to both manage a long- term political transition from mili-tary to civilian rule and initiate a durable economic transformation towards a more broad- based economic growth model with the benefi ts of development spread more evenly amongst the population. In the short- to- medium term, however, natural resource extraction will remain a key source of national income and foreign exchange. A successful political and economic transition to entrenched democratic rule therefore requires a far more comprehensive and inclusive approach to natural resource governance than has previously been attempted (Bauer, Shortell and Delesgues 2016 ).
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The Business of Transition: Law Reform, Development and Economics in Myanmar
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Economic Geography
Economic Development and Growth
Law