Six new print volumes in the Understanding Myanmar’s Development (UMD) series of new research from Myanmar academics has arrived, with the generous support of IDRC / CRDI! Details as follows: […]
Six new print volumes in the Understanding Myanmar’s Development (UMD) series of new research from Myanmar academics has arrived, with the generous support of IDRC / CRDI! Details as follows: […]
Gendered Forms of Knowledge, Ecology, Migration and Practice in Kyushaw Village Kyushaw village, a small Ta’ang community in Northern Shan State, has for generations been dominated by household tea cultivation […]
The Movement of Young Ta’ang Girls from Conflict Areas to Mandalay’s Nunneries This research provides an look at the recent phenomenon of young nuns from remote Ta’ang villages in Shan […]
Land Grabbing in the Development of Mandalay’s International Airport and the Local Fight for Justice Rural communities across Myanmar face land grabbing by state and military-led development projects. Land grabs […]
The Mahamuni Pagoda’s Votive Networks and Management in a New Age of Urban Development The Mahamuni Pagoda is one of Myanmar’s most important Buddhist sites and a top tier attraction […]
Life and Community in the Informal Settlements of Mandalay’s Ayeyarwady Riverbank Focused on two adjacent riverbank communities in urban Mandalay with drastically different geographies and forms of materiality, this research […]
A Case Study of Internally Displaced Women’s Small and Microenterprises in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar This study explores how small and micro-enterprise contributes to the economic empowerment of internally displaced […]
State-led development, land use change and livelihood transformation in Kyaw, Gangaw Township, Myanmar The Township of Gangaw in the northernmost periphery of Magway Region is administratively, politically and ethnically part […]
A Case Study of Shwetasoke Village, Kawa Township, Bago Region Dr. Zin Mar Latt has taken a deep dive into the life of rural Myanmar and the heavy challenges people […]
A Case Study of Myanmar’s Kokang Self-administered Zone This study examines the casino industry that has come to dominate, Kokang, a border region of northern Myanmar whose local population is […]