4 Minutes To ReadUpcoming event: The Future of Federalism and Political Decentralization in Myanmar (November 12, 9-11am EST/ 8:30-10:30pm MMT) The military coup in Myanmar prompted a quick shift by major ethnic Burman […]
Tags: decentralization, democracy, event, federalism, IDRC, myanmar
November 5, 2021
11 Minutes To ReadJae Park and Alexandre Pelletier call attention to gender in thinking about conflict in Myanmar. Despite the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in 2015, Myanmar is still at war with itself as fighting […]
Tags: conflict, decentralization, democratization, ethnic conflict, gender, Kachin, labour rights, peace process, Rakhine, shan, violence
July 8, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadYee Mon Hsu describes some of the findings in NEI’s new report on the decentralization of the MSME sector in Mon and Kayin states.
Tags: decentralization, development, governance, Kayin, Mon, National Enlightenment Institute (NEI)
May 5, 2020
14 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud presents new elements in the debates around Article 261 (b) of the 2008 Constitution.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, constitutional reform, decentralization, federalism, Hluttaw, National League for Democracy (NLD), reform, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
September 30, 2019
8 Minutes To ReadU Pe Aung Lin is the chairman of the Myanmar Center to Empower Regional Parliaments (MCERP). This post is a transcript of a conversation with Mael Raynaud, the Head of […]
Tags: decentralization, democracy, National League for Democracy (NLD), parliament, states and regions
March 25, 2019
8 Minutes To ReadEMReF researchers discuss education reform, the local parliaments, federalism and peace. Editor’s note This article has been updated to include additional references. If the issues underlying the current political […]
Tags: decentralization, ethnic languages, federalism, governance, parliament
June 14, 2017