Publications

UNDERSTANDING MYANMAR’S DEVELOPMENT (UMD)

UMD 26: Tradition and Modernity in Ta’ang Tea Cultivation

UMD 26: Tradition and Modernity in Ta’ang Tea Cultivation

Gendered Forms of Knowledge, Ecology, Migration and Practice in Kyushaw Village Kyushaw village, a small Ta’ang…

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UMD 25: Education amid Renunciation

UMD 25: Education amid Renunciation

The Movement of Young Ta'ang Girls from Conflict Areas to Mandalay's Nunneries This research provides an…

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UMD 24: Fight or Flight

UMD 24: Fight or Flight

Land Grabbing in the Development of Mandalay's International Airport and the Local Fight for Justice Rural…

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UMD 23: Giving to Myanmar’s ‘Living Image’

UMD 23: Giving to Myanmar’s ‘Living Image’

The Mahamuni Pagoda's Votive Networks and Management in a New Age of Urban Development The Mahamuni…

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UMD 22: Negotiated Spaces and Kyukyaw Liminalities

UMD 22: Negotiated Spaces and Kyukyaw Liminalities

Life and Community in the Informal Settlements of Mandalay's Ayeyarwady Riverbank Focused on two adjacent riverbank…

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UMD 21: Dam Displacement and Local Power

UMD 21: Dam Displacement and Local Power

Ruptured Villages and Widened Inequalities in the Localized Resettlement and Compensation Process of the Upper Paunglaung…

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UMD 20/CPRI 22: Women’s Economic Empowerment

UMD 20/CPRI 22: Women’s Economic Empowerment

A Case Study of Internally Displaced Women's Small and Microenterprises in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar This…

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UMD 19/CPRI 21: Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment

UMD 19/CPRI 21: Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment

in the Dry Zone, Myanmar In an era of global financial insecurities led in part by…

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UMD 18/CPRI 20: India’s Geo-strategic Kaladan Mission in Western Burma

UMD 18/CPRI 20: India’s Geo-strategic Kaladan Mission in Western Burma

Regional integration, confrontation, social movement In this monograph, June Nilian Sang has thoroughly researched the emergence,…

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UMD 17/CPRI 19: Negotiation for Life

UMD 17/CPRI 19: Negotiation for Life

Karen Customary Lands in Tanintharyi, Myanmar May Saung Oo has done valuable work with this research…

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UMD 16: Rural to Urban Transition in a Former Periphery

UMD 16: Rural to Urban Transition in a Former Periphery

State-led development, land use change and livelihood transformation in Kyaw, Gangaw Township, Myanmar The Township of…

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UMD 15: Community of Practice in the Brass Gong Foundries of Tampawady, Mandalay

UMD 15: Community of Practice in the Brass Gong Foundries of Tampawady, Mandalay

The transformations happening throughout Myanmar society are visible in the community of brass gong artisans of…

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UMD 14: Erosion and Community Resilience

UMD 14: Erosion and Community Resilience

A Case Study of Shwetasoke Village, Kawa Township, Bago Region Dr. Zin Mar Latt has taken…

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UMD 13: Public Participation, Social Movements and Environmental Decision Making Process

UMD 13: Public Participation, Social Movements and Environmental Decision Making Process

The Letpadaung Copper Mine Project is a nexus of social conflict due to abuses of power,…

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UMD 7 : Gambling as Development

UMD 7 : Gambling as Development

A Case Study of Myanmar’s Kokang Self-administered Zone This study examines the casino industry that has…

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UMD 10: Lives of Migrant Factory Workers from Rural Areas

UMD 10: Lives of Migrant Factory Workers from Rural Areas

Political, Social, and Economic Lives of Migrant Workers in the Hlaing Tha Yar Industrial Zone In…

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