Myanmar's Long Road to National Reconciliation (57 page)

and civil society,
157

and insurgency,
43

anti-intellectuals policy,
251

assessment by Dr Maung Maung,
267

demise of,
52
,
164

and popular dissent,
235

Cambodia,
128

cancellation of visit by Khin Nyunt,
32

international aid to,
55
,
264

Canada,
241

capacity-building projects,
114

and local organizations,
195
,
212
,
226
,
285ff

and NGOs,
214

capital accumulation,
90
,
91

CARE Myanmar,
206

CARI,
see
Central Agricultural Research Institute

Carlsberg,
246

CARTC,
see
Central Agriculture Research and Training Centre

Catholic Bishops Conference,
58

CBM,
see
Central Bank of Myanmar

ceasefire groups,
7
,
9
,
39
,
53

and civil society,
164–65

disarming of,
35
,
67

and National Convention,
xxvii
,
46

and orthodoxy,
168

and reform,
50

ceasefire movement,
19
,
39
,
44
,
51
,
52
,
53
,
59
,
62
,
283

and ethnic groups,
7
,
9
,
39
,
53

ceasefire, between SPDC and Karen National Union,
xxiii

census (1993),
128

Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI),
101

and rodent control project,
139

Central Agriculture Research and Training Centre (CARTC),
101
,
102
,
112

Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM),
81
,
82
,
84

central planning, and agriculture,
129

Central Statistical Office (CSO),
78
,
81

centralization of control by governments,
166–67

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue,
162
,
164

Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),
135
,
145

Centre for International Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),
135

Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific,
114

cereals,
98

CFN,
see
Child Focussed Network

CGIAR
see
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research

Chamber of Commerce,
18

Charles Sturt University,
120
,
121
,
123

Chatichai Choonhaven,
9

Che Guevara,
236

Child Focussed Network (CFN),
203ff
,
208
,
213

Child Protection Day,
204

Child Risk Index,
57

child soldiers,
60

children’s programs, and World Vision,
202

Chin National Front,
53

Chin State,
43
,
57

and Panglong Conference,
43

China, People’s Republic of,
236
,
270

agricultural aid for Myanmar,
136
,
145

concept of civil society,
149–50

influence in Myanmar,
xxvii
,
21

support for insurgent groups,
44
,
52

support for Myanmar,
xxviii
,
xxxi

Chindwin River,
107

Chinese Communist Party,
19

Christian churches, and peace talks,
54

Church of England, in Myanmar,
154

CIAT,
see
Centre for International Tropical Agriculture

CIFOR,
see
Centre for International Forestry Research

civil society organizations,
151
,
152–53
,
219

strengthening of,
282

civil society,
xxix
,
59
,
151
,
163–64
,
166
,
170
,
191
,
209
,
251

definition of,
149
,
152
,
191
,
192

in Burma/Myanmar,
155
,
193–94
,
194

and NGOs,
193

civil war,
6–7

clothing exports,
94 n. 21

“CNN effect”,
241

coercive diplomacy,
287

Cold War,
52

Collignon, S.,
91

Committee Representing the People’s Parliament (CRPP),
12

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Australia),
139

communal violence, in India,
221

Communist Party of Burma (CPB),
19
,
42
,
155
,
165
,
235

demise of,
45
,
52

People’s Army,
45

Wa, Kokang,
44

Communist Party of China,
234

community-based organizations,
58
,
59
,
153
,
197
,
213
,
214

and World Vision Myanmar,
202
,
203

Companies Act
(Myanmar),
152

conflict, armed,
42
,
222
,
279
,
282

and national reconciliation,
162

Constituent Assembly (1947),
43

constitution,
xxix
,
xxii
,
67
,
235

constitution of 1947,
43

constitution of 1974,
43

abrogation of in 1988,
4

constitutional convention,
see
National Convention

“constructive engagement”,
40

Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR),
134
,
145

Contract Farming System in Livestock and Fisheries,
114

Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production,
121

Copland, John,
xxxii

Cornell University,
253 n. 1

corporate social responsibility,
178ff

and Premier Oil,
181–82

in Asia,
186

corruption,
86

cottage industries,
116

cotton,
102
,
128
,
130

counter-insurgency tactics by government,
44

Country Reports,
by Economist Intelligence Unit,
80

CPB,
see
Communist Party of Burma

crop production, contribution to GDP,
130

crop substitution programmes,
58
,
129
,
229

CRPP,
see
Committee Representing the People’s Parliament

CSIRO,
see
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CSO,
see
Central Statistical Office

CSU,
see
Charles Sturt University

Culture and Literature Associations,
58

currency,
86
,
90

cyber-activism,
247

DAC,
see
Development Assistance Committee

dams,
115

Danu (ethnic group),
66

Dapice, D.,
79

DAR,
see
Department of Agricultural Research

David Taw,
68

Daw Khin Oo,
124

Daw Khin Win Myint,
118

Daw Seng Raw,
55

de Soto, H.,
88

de Tocqueville, A.,
150

death toll since independence,
44

decision-making, effects of hierarchy,
195

defence expenditure,
44

democracy paradigm,
276

democracy,
281
,
283
,
286

and SLORC/SPDC
160

democratization,
218
,
282

Democratic Voice of Burma,
242

de-monetizations,
90

Department for International Development (DFID),
56

Department of Agricultural Research (DAR),
101
,
102

Department of Railways,
208

Depayin attack on Aung San Suu Kyi,
xx
,
30

Deputy Director for Social Welfare,
204

Desai, A.V.,
268

development aid,
see
aid

Development Assistance Committee (DAC),
264

development,
280

DFID,
see
Department for International Development

diaspora, Burmese,
238
,
247ff

diplomacy, coercive,
287

Directory of Local Non-Government Organizations in Myanmar, March 2004,
197
,
207
,
213

disarming of former insurgent groups,
67

displacement of population,
60

dissent, and military regime,
237

Division of Sustainable Ecosystems, CSIRO,
139

Doha Development Agenda,
119

Dorning, Karl,
xxix
,
xxx
Drake, P.J.,
89

dual exchange rate regime,
85

Duffield, M.,
192

economic reform, and military regime,
278
,
289

need for “roadmaps”,
288

Economist Intelligence Unit,
80
,
81
,
84

economy,
xxiv
,
xxxi
,
18
,
77
,
219

crisis,
251

importance of agriculture sector,
98

macroeconomic problems,
85

misrule under Ne Win,
43

modernization,
264
;

edible oil,
99

Education Index,
106

education,
58
,
163
,
228

agricultural,
100–01
,
109–10

closure of higher education institutions,
251