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  • Health

Water Supply Problems Are Overlooked in Yangon City

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on August 18, 2020March 9, 2022

Yay Chann argues that water supply related problems urgently need to be addressed in Yangon.

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  • Arts and Literature

Secrets and Power in Myanmar: Intelligence and the Fall of General Khin Nyunt, By Andrew Selth, Singapore, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2019, 248 pp.

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on May 18, 2020March 9, 2022

David Scott Mathieson reviews Andrew Selth’s 2019 book on Myanmar’s notorious intelligence services.

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  • Opinion

Maps to Another Nation: Pentecostal Journeys on the Yangon Bus

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on April 21, 2020March 9, 2022

Michael Edwards asks how to navigate Yangon using a transit map of Seoul. 

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  • Essay

Comparing Approaches to Financing and Managing Mega-Development Projects between the National Government and Urban Authorities: A Case-Study of Yangon’s MRT Implementation

  • by Alex Aung Khant
  • Posted on February 5, 2020April 2, 2020

Alex Aung Khant presents different approaches to public infrastructure projects.

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  • Opinion

Who is to blame?: No trash talk please

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on March 15, 2018April 21, 2018

Swe Zaw Oo asks what might be standing in the way of a trash-free Yangon.

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  • Opinion

Broken roads and blocked drains: The recurring Samsara of Yangon’s urban problems

  • by Alex Aung Khant
  • Posted on October 4, 2017November 2, 2017

Alex Aung Khant reflects on the recurring nature of the urban problems he encounters daily.

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  • Research Report

The road to taxi reform – can ride-hailing apps help fix the market?

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on August 3, 2017November 2, 2017

Duncan Burry notes the promise ride-hailing apps hold for Myanmar’s future.

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  • Essay

Why Education Reform is so important for Myanmar

  • by teacircleoxford
  • Posted on May 2, 2017May 30, 2017

Brandon Aung Moe looks at regional lessons for Myanmar’s educational reform.

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  • Opinion

Dazed and Confused: The Future of Yangon’s Urban Direction

  • by Alex Aung Khant
  • Posted on March 20, 2017March 31, 2017

  Aung Khant muses on Yangon’s drainage and infrastructure challenges.

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Series: COVID-19 and Myanmar

ကိုဗစ်-၁၉  နှင့် မြန်မာရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ လူငယ်တို့၏  တက်ကြွ လှုပ်ရှား မှု

COVID-19 Policy Response Needs and Opportunities

Wavering at the Turning Point: Myanmar’s response to COVID-19 in March 2020

Tea Circle’s Book Reviews

The City and the Wilderness: Indo-Persian Encounters in Southeast Asia, Arash Khazeni, University of California Press, 2020, 264 pages.

Perspectives on War, Peace, and Rebel Politics: Introduction

Myanmar’s Buddhist-Muslim Crisis: Rohingya, Arakanese, and Burmese Narratives of Siege and Fear, by John Holt. Honolulu, Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, 2019. 301pp.

Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change, edited by Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone and Gayathry Venkiteswaran, ISEAS, Singapore, 2019, 407 Pages.

Myanmar Transformed? People, Places and Politics edited by Justine Chambers, Gerard McCarthy, Nicholas Farrelly and Chit Win, ISEAS, Singapore, 2018, 333 Pages.

Border Capitalism, Disrupted: Precarity and Struggle in a Southeast Asian Industrial Zone by Stephen Campbell. Cornell University Press, 2018. 206 Pages.

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