Myanmar's Long Road to National Reconciliation (61 page)

power politics, in Burma/Myanmar,
37
,
194
,
282
,
285

power, personal basis for,
151
,
167

power-sharing,
xxvii
,
282

possible acceptance by National Convention,
64

PPD,
see
Plant Protection Division

Premier Oil,
177
,
184
,
185

corporate social responsibility,
181–82

human rights policy,
184

pro-active constructive engagement,
185–86

Social Performance Management System,
183

social programmes in Myanmar,
xxx

pro-democracy movement,
231

and information technology,
241
,
252

property rights,
87
,
90

and banking crisis,
88–89

pulses, production of,
128
,
130
,
136

Purcell, Marc,
193
,
213

pyi-pyay
,
234

Queensland, University of,
142
,
143

“road map”,
xx
,
3
,
4
,
8
,
22
,
46
,
60
,
61
,
62

involvement of electoral political parties,
39

and Khin Nyunt,
4
,
30
,
39
,
46

SPDC,
34

Radio Free Asia,
242

rainfall,
107

Rakhine ethnic groups, insurgency,
42–43

peace talks,
44

Rakhine State, creation of,
43

child malnutrition,
57

FAO project,
133

“Rangoon spring”,
156
,
169

Rangoon University,
234

Razali Ismail (Tan Sri Razali Ismail), UN Special Envoy to Myanmar,
xxviii

and Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
162

and Khin Nyunt,
31

and Than Shwe,
34

and Win Aung,
32

reconciliation, political, prospects for,
7

“Reconciliation in Myanmar and the Crises of Change” conference,
xxviii

reform, political,
41
,
196
,
289

refugees,
9
,
60
,
163
,
236
,
239

regime change,
279
,
281
,
285–86

responsibility, corporate,
see
corporate social responsibility

responsibility, social,
see
social responsibility

Rethinking Military Politics: Brazil and the Southern Cone,
18

“revolution from outside”,
234–35

Revolutionary Council,
7
,
239

rice,
99
,
102
,
107

importance of,
108
,
130

production,
98–99
,
121
,
128

risk imperative, and corporate social responsibility,
182

roads,
115

Robinson, M.,
191

rodent control project,
112
,
137–40

rubber,
99
,
128

rule of law,
218

Rural Credit Scheme,
114

rural development,
102–03
,
114

rural families,
116

Rural Financial System,
132

rural health,
117

rural youth,
116–17

Russia,
34

Saboi Jum, Reverend,
71 n. 33

Sadung, Farmer Field School,
58

Salween River,
see
Thanlwin River sanctions,
xxiv
,
20
,
277
,
288

effects of,
xxv
,
xxviii
,
xxxi
,
278
,
279
,
280
,
287

Sangha (Buddhist clergy),
54
,
154
,
155

Save the Children (UK),
197
,
204
,
224

and HIV/AIDS,
206

Save the Children (US),
204

Saw Bo Mya, General,
41

Saw Mar Gay Gyi, Reverend,
71 n. 33

Saw Maung, General,
xix
,
14
,
44

Schumpeter, J.,
82

Seed Division,
101

seed varieties,
130
,
131

Sein Lwin, Brigadier General,
13

Selective Purchasing Laws,
245

self-reliance,
263

Seng Raw,
215

sesame,
102

Shalom Foundation,
59
,
162
,
224
,
225

Shan ethnic groups, conflict with Wa,
42

Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD),
xx
,
11
,
54
,
63

Shan State Army, and ceasefire movement,
53
,
64

Shan State,
43
,
45

agricultural extension projects,
112

child malnutrition,
57

maternal mortality rates,
57

effect of opium ban,
59

peace-building in,
224

Shu-Yun Ma,
254 n. 2

Shwe Mann, General Thura,
18
,
36
,
62

Sikkink, K.,
243

Singapore,
136
,
145
,
270
,
282

Sittaung River,
107

Slim, Hugo,
56

smallholder farms,
137

Smith, Adam,
89

Smith, Martin,
xxvii
,
192
,
235

SNLD,
see
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy

soc.culture.burma,
249

soc.culture.thai,
242

social capital,
219
,
226
,
228

and civil society,
150
,
166

social issues, new emphasis on,
54–55

social movement organizations,
153

Social Performance Management System (SPMS),
183

social responsibility,
177

socio-economic decline,
xxiv
socio-economic development,
281
,
282
,
283ff

Soe Win, Lt General,
8
,
35
,
62
,
69 n. 3

soil nutrient mining,
130

Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute,
158
,
256 n. 27

Sotero, Bishop,
71 n. 33

South Africa,
222
,
245

South East Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC),
134

South East Asian Foot and Mouth Subcommission,
134

South Korea,
22

civil society organizations,
154
,
171 n. 1

South, Ashley,
164
,
195

Sparks, Allister,
222

SPDC,
see
State Peace and Development Council

State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC),
14
,
15
,
17
,
19
,
38
,
61
,
236

and democracy,
160

and ethnic groups,
39
,
45
,
52
,
161

and international NGOs,
156
,
158

pluralism,
161

and students,
231
.
See also
State Peace and Development Council

State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),
xix–xxiii
,
4
,
7
,
13
,
14
,
17
,
36
,
38–39
,
169
,
277
,
279
,
285
,
287

and Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue,
162

closure of higher education institutions,
251

control of media,
242

dissent,
237

economic mismanagement,
280

and ILO,
185

Free Burma campaigns,
247

Karen National Union,
xxiii

NGOs,
224
,
225

NLD,
31

“road map”,
34
,
62

Shalom Foundation,
162–63

anti-UN sentiment,
xxviii

ceasefire talks with KNU,
7
,
8
,
62

changes in policy towards ethnic groups,
39
,
62

peace talks with KNU,
41

Steele, Douglas,
242

Steinberg, David,
xxix
,
192
,
197

Stephan, Alfred,
18

“Strengthening Civil Society in Burma: Possibilities and Dilemmas for International NGOs”,
192

students, exodus in 1988,
231
,
236

and independence movement,
233

organizations,
154

repression against,
231–32
;

sugar,
99
,
102
,
128
,
130

Suharto, President of Indonesia,
21

summer paddy program,
99

Tambiah, S.,
239

Tanintharyi Division,
57

taw-kho,
234

tax on imports,
85–86

Taylor, Robert,
xxvii
,
xxviii

Technical Advisory Network for Burma (TAN),
252

technology, acceptance of,
19

Tegenfeldt, David,
xxix
,
xxx

textiles,
99

exports,
94 n. 21

Tha Kha, General,
27 n. 30

Thailand,
6
,
9
,
52
,
108
,
128

agricultural aid for Myanmar,
136
,
145

Foot and Mouth Disease Programme,
134

refugee destination,
60
,
236
,
239