Topic:
Myitsone Dam; Kachin; Myanmar; development; conflict; China
ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
"Myanmar has seen numerous violent
uprising in recent decades (Smith, 2007;
Sadan, 2016). Ceasefire agreements have
been struck with a number of armed actors
but these have been focused on economic
development, rather than on resolving
political grievances. The underlying notion
guiding this strategy has been that weak
economic development rather than poor
governance or lack of political inclusion lies
at the heart of local opposition (Brenner,
2017). Incentivised by the plentiful natural
resources present in conflict-affected,
minority-ethnic dominated states, Chinese
ventures have dominated investments in
these areas. One of the more spectacular
infrastructure projects funded by a Chinese
company is the Myitsone Dam in Kachin
State, on which work was suspended in 2011
following public protest (Kiik, 2016b;
Kirchherr, Charles and Walton, 2017)..."
ရင်းမြစ်:
"UI Paper"
Date of Publication:
2019-04-00
Date of entry:
2019-08-14
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား:
Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Kachin State
Language:
English
မှတ်တမ်း:
ပုံစံ:
pdf
အရွယ်အစား:
2.06 MB
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good