Myanmar: The Beginning of Reform and the End of Sanctions

• Main Authors: BÜNTE, Marco, PORTELA, Clara
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Sanctions; Myanmar; Burma; political economy; political reforms; Asian Studies; International Relations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1176; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2432/viewcontent/Portelagf_international_1203.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Since March 2011, Burma/Myanmar has witnessed a liberalization of the press, the release of political prisoners and the initiation of a political dialogue between the regime on the one hand and the opposition and ethnic groups on the other. The reforms culminated in by-elections on 1 April 2012, whi...