Industrialization in Burma in historical perspective

In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 134-149

Abstract

The study sketches out recent industrial developments in historical perspective and enquires to what extent and in what respects the industrial sector has changed since the late colonial era. The effect of the industrial policies of the last 20 years. A strong government emphasis on industrialization in the 1950s and the introduction of economic and institutional reforms in the 1970s were important factors in stimulating modest economic growth