Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 05/2010

Can Economic Reform Open a Peaceful Path to Ending Burma's Isolation?

Lex Rieffel, Raymond Gilpin

March 2010

United States Institute of Peace

Abstract

After decades of domestic conflict, military rule and authoritarian governance, Burma's economy could provide a viable entry point for effective international assistance to promote peace. Doing so would require a detailed understanding of the country's complex and evolving political economy.