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Contextualising and theorising economic development, local business and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
Jason Miklian
发表日期2019-02-18
出处In Conflict, Security and Development, 2019.
出版年2019
语种英语
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Jason Miklian: Contextualising and theorising economic development, local business and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

In Conflict, Security and Development, 2019.

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Jason Miklian

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After Myanmar ended military rule in 2011, significant foreign investment arrived to facilitate a profitable transition to an integrated regional economy, and under the promise that foreign actors can help facilitate peaceful long-term development. However, these firms have also tacitly supported an ethnic cleansing committed by the government that most have partnered with or funded. This article builds theory on economic opening, development and conflict, using research from Myanmar to forward three arguments about business actions in fragile, at-risk countries. First, international-led regulatory reform has had little impact on endemic corruption at the micro- or meso-levels, as local elites and international businesses remain the primary beneficiaries. Second, ‘development’ is a contentious topic, defined locally not as broad societal growth but the unjustified picking of winners and losers in society by foreign entities. Third, business ventures are exacerbating ethnic tensions through a liberal peace-building mentality that is unresponsive to either local conflicts or local communities. The article closes by offering three ways that these findings open future research avenues on business engagement as peace-builders and development agents in developing yet fragile states.

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Myanmarpeace-buildingethnic conflictRohingyahuman rightssustainable developmentSMEs

关键词Myanmar peace-building ethnic conflict Rohingya human rights sustainable development SMEs
URLhttps://www.sum.uio.no/english/research/publications/2019/jason-miklian-contextualising-and-theorising-economic-development-myanmar.html
来源智库Centre for Development and the Environment (Norway)
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条目标识符http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/66011
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