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Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2019 In a search for appropriate theory, this essay inserts drug trafficking, the world’s largest illicit economic activity, within a wider analytical frame called the ‘covert netherworld.’ Through the convergence of three factors—covert operations, illicit ...
Alfred W. McCoy
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Chapter 3. “Jungle Shows Burma [PDF]
, 2014 In contrast to the Thailand side of the railway, POW workers on the Burma side had been sent to Burma from the Netherlands East Indies and Sumatra.
Eldredge, Sears
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Re-evaluating Palermo: The case of Burmese women as Chinese brides
Anti-Trafficking Review, 2015 The definition of human trafficking as set in the Trafficking Protocol (also known as the Palermo Protocol) functionally centres most of the response to the phenomenon in the criminal justice system.
Laura K Hackney
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Victory in Burma: The Role of Canada and the Air Force [PDF]
, 2012 In Victoria, BC this August 2005, the 60th anniversary of the end of the War against Japan (VJ Day) was celebrated at a number of events. Included were a march to the Cenotaph by Veterans, Service Units and Air Cadets on Sunday, August l4th; a reception ...
Brown, Atholl Sutherland
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Chapter 5. The Tamarkan Players Present : Tamarkan Convalescent Camp [PDF]
, 2014 Tamarkan, Thailand, became a convalescent camp for the POWs who had worked on the Burma side of the railway. It was here that Aussie showman Norman Carter inspired a team of designers and stage technicians to mount a series of popular musical revues ...
Eldredge, Sears
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Eocene sporopollen assemblage from Ramree Island, Myanmar and its palaeoenvironment significance
Shiyou shiyan dizhiIn order to support the oil and gas exploration in China-Burma cooperation block M and determine the age and sedimentary environment of the oil and gas bearing strata in Ramree Island of this block, a total of 10 source rock samples were collected for ...
Defeng SHI, Youhua ZHU
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Who’s Counting?: Ethnicity, Belonging, and the National Census in Burma/Myanmar
, 2015 Partially rooted in British colonial ethnology and administration, the ethnic categories of the 2014 Myanmar census have attracted controversy, particularly from representatives of non-Burman political organizations. The categories themselves, as well as
J. Ferguson
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The diffusion of foreign divestment from Burma
, 2014 We examine variation in the rate of divestment by multinational firms from Burma. We argue that in addition to a set of firm-level characteristics known to impact divestment decisions, firms are also influenced by characteristics of their home country ...
S. Soule, A. Swaminathan, L. Tihanyi
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Economic sanctions as a means to enforce human rights in Burma (Myanmar) : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies [PDF]
, 2004 Since the end of the Cold War, human rights has become a central focus of international relationships, especially the relationship between developed countries (the West) and developing countries (the Rest).
Thin, Ma Kyi Kyi
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The Political Economy of Myanmar's Transition [PDF]
, 2013 This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in the JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA, 07 Feb 2013, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/
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