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Publications

CPRI 09: Land Grabbing as a Process of State-building in Kachin Areas of Northern Shan State, Myanmar

CPRI 09: Land Grabbing as a Process of State-building in Kachin Areas of Northern Shan State, Myanmar

L Gum Ja Htung takes a comprehensive look at how large-scale land concessions in Kachin areas…

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CPRI 08: The Village in Transition

CPRI 08: The Village in Transition

Development and Socio-economic and Cultural Change in Mae Kampong, Chiang Mai Tourism development has emerged as…

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CPRI 04: The Decline of Thailand’s Stand-alone Movie Theaters

CPRI 04: The Decline of Thailand’s Stand-alone Movie Theaters

Contraction of the Urban Commons Through much of the twentieth century, stand-alone theaters were a social…

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CPRI 02: Living with Opium

CPRI 02: Living with Opium

Livelihood Strategies among Rural Highlanders in Southern Shan State, Myanmar Myanmar/Burma accounts for 18% of global…

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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 9 : The Impact of Gas Pipeline Projects and their Corporate Social Responsibility Programs

UMD 9 : The Impact of Gas Pipeline Projects and their Corporate Social Responsibility Programs

Development Challenges in Yephyu, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar In this volume of the Understanding Myanmar’s Development series,…

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CDSSEA 05: Sand Mining and Village Livelihoods in Prek Angkun, Koh Kong, Cambodia

CDSSEA 05: Sand Mining and Village Livelihoods in Prek Angkun, Koh Kong, Cambodia

Sand mining has been taking place over the past several years across various parts of Cambodia,…

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CDSSEA 03: Access to and Usage of Clean Water in Peri-urban Vietnam

CDSSEA 03: Access to and Usage of Clean Water in Peri-urban Vietnam

It is widely acknowledged that water plays a critical role in sustainable development and poverty reduction.…

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Steve Cook

CEO, Apple and MBA, Kingster

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. Housed in a nice, gilded frame.