9 Minutes To ReadYaw Bawm Mangshang shares a hopeful story of environmental recovery in Shan State.
Tags: economy, environment, opium, policy, research, Shan State
March 1, 2026
6 Minutes To ReadSayedul Karim shares insights from leading national & international scholars focusing on Myanmar Studies.
Tags: development, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, federalism, IDRC, Institute of Human Rights and Democratic Governance (IHRDG), Karen State, labour rights, People's Defence Force (PDF), policy, Rohingya, Salween, Spring Revolution, Spring University Myanmar (SUM)
June 18, 2024
12 Minutes To ReadZue Wadi Htun explores the challenges faced by university teachers and some possible solutions.
Tags: employment, higher education, policy, university
December 17, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadFrancesco Obino, Zaw Oo and Edgard Rodriguez introduce a report on the state of social science research in Myanmar.
Tags: development, equity, ethics, higher education, myanmar, policy, research
July 27, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadAung Hein and Paul Minoletti’s recent report on the ongoing COVID-19 crisis highlights some policy recommendations for the Government of Myanmar.
Tags: COVID-19, pandemic, policy
April 10, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadEdgard Rodriguez considers the role of investing in think tanks to support Myanmar’s ongoing reforms.
Tags: democracy, development, policy, research
February 26, 2020
10 Minutes To ReadHtet Aung Shine discusses how a PPP framework should balance economic interest with environmental and social safeguarding.
Tags: energy, environment, finance, investment, law, policy, water supply
November 6, 2019
20 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais and Mael Raynaud discuss the teaching of ethnic minority languages in government schools.
Tags: culture, ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, policy, teaching, textbooks
September 23, 2019
7 Minutes To ReadElliot Brennan writes about the modest improvements to key public health measures and policy in Myanmar.
Tags: environment, mental health, policy, public health, Year in Review
May 21, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadJoanna Dolińska discusses the meaning of TVET for the socioeconomic development of Myanmar.
Tags: development, Mandalay, policy, vocational training, Yangon
May 16, 2018
15 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson suggests new ways to understand the world’s oldest civil war.
Tags: burma studies, conflict, conflict studies, ethnic conflict, insurgency, journalism, policy, research
May 7, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson considers the role of internal migrants in promoting financial inclusion in rural areas.
Tags: economy, finance, labour rights, migrant labour, migrants, policy, technology
April 30, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadAye Thiri Kyaw urges for a comprehensive health sector response to violence against women.
Tags: gender, policy, public health, violence, women
February 5, 2018
14 Minutes To ReadTim Frewer shows the limits of liberal analyses of the Rohingya crisis.
Tags: conflict, liberalism, neoliberalism, policy, Rohingya
October 19, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadJoanna Dolińska looks at language diversity and language policy.
Tags: ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, language, policy
July 27, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadDuncan Burry lays out a path for a revised Condominium Law.
Tags: development, housing, policy, urbanisation
June 23, 2017
2 Minutes To ReadMatthew Walton discusses the recent Oxford-Myanmar Policy Brief Series at Oxford University.
Tags: policy
October 20, 2016