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Brown, Ian (2011) 'Tracing Burma's economic failure to its colonial inheritance.' Business History Review, 85 (4). pp. 725-747.

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Abstract

The extent to which the inheritance of British rule in Burma, including Burmese perceptions of that inheritance, might explain Burma's economic failure since independence is explored. Several factors came into play. One was the ferocious rejection of the economic structures of colonial rule by the Burmese. Another was the failure of Burmese entrepreneurs– who had been in a position to achieve little beyond dominance over the rice field–to emerge during the colonial period. Finally, there were the implications for independent Burma's economic options of the withdrawal of Indian capital, enterprise, and commercial experience, which had been a dominant factor in the colonial economy, at the point when Burma regained its political freedom.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of History
ISSN: 00076805
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680511001176
Date Deposited: 29 Feb 2012 15:30
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/13163

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