Industrial Development and Reforms in Myanmar: Asean and Japanese Perspectives

This report incorporates papers and research reports prepared in the framework of the Symposium on Industrial Reform in Myanmar, sponsored by the Sasakawa Southeast Asia Cooperation Fund. Over a period of two years, researchers from Japan, Myanmar, and Thailand pursued three objectives, reflected in the results reported here: To make a comprehensive examination of the problems that Myanmar’s enterprises face as the country makes its transition to a market-oriented economy; to gain knowledge of current problems relative to Myanmar’s enterprises through conducting research and holding symposia for researchers and policymakers both in and outside Myanmar; To prepare policy recommendations for submission to the Government of Myanmar based on the results of these processes, in an effort to aid in its task of reforming the nation’s industrial policies. Thus, a wealth of hitherto unavailable information has been collected and is presented in this volume for the first time.