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An Inward-Looking Economy in Transition : Economic Development in Burma since the 1960s / Hal Hill, Sisira Jayasuriya.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [1986]Copyright date: ©1986Description: 1 online resource (74 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789971988470
  • 9789814376808
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Notes -- Introduction -- I. Burmese Development in Regional Perspective -- II. Planning, Ideology and the Role of Government -- III. Macro-Economic Performance -- IV. Foreign Trade and Balance of Payments -- V. Sectoral Developments -- VI. Social Development -- VII. Future Prospects -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- THE AUTHORS
Summary: This account and analysis of economic development in Burma since 1962 sheds light on the economics of socialism in a very poor inward-looking economy especially after the mid-1970s. The study examines the evolution of development planning, recent macroeconomic developments, and the composition, pattern and direction of foreign trade, including the balance of payments and exernal debt. It also analyses the principal economic sectors, especially agriculture and industry, and gives a brief assessment of social developments and future prospects.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789814376808

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Notes -- Introduction -- I. Burmese Development in Regional Perspective -- II. Planning, Ideology and the Role of Government -- III. Macro-Economic Performance -- IV. Foreign Trade and Balance of Payments -- V. Sectoral Developments -- VI. Social Development -- VII. Future Prospects -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- THE AUTHORS

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This account and analysis of economic development in Burma since 1962 sheds light on the economics of socialism in a very poor inward-looking economy especially after the mid-1970s. The study examines the evolution of development planning, recent macroeconomic developments, and the composition, pattern and direction of foreign trade, including the balance of payments and exernal debt. It also analyses the principal economic sectors, especially agriculture and industry, and gives a brief assessment of social developments and future prospects.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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