DESCRIPTION :
This book tells the story of Burma's financial system - of its banks, moneylenders and 'microfinanciers' - from colonial times to the present day. It argues that Burma's financial system matters, and that the careful study of this system can tell us something more general about Burma - not least about how the richest country in Southeast Asia at the dawn of the twentieth century, became the poorest at the dawn of the twenty-first. While financial systems and institutions matter in all countries, Turnell argues that they especially count in Burma as events in the financial and monetary sphere have been unusually, spectacularly, prominent in Burma's turbulent modern history. The story of Burma's financial system and its players is one that has shaped the country. It is a dramatic story of interest beyond the confines of economics and development studies.

PRODUCT DETAILS :

ISBN : 9788776940409
BY (AUTHOR) Turnell, Sean
PUBLISHER : NIAS Press	PUBLICATION DATE : April 01, 2009
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : Denmark	IMPRINT : NIAS Press
LANGUAGE : English	AGE : Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback

DIMENSION : 228 mm x 152 mm
SERIES : NIAS Monograph Series
SERIES PART: No. 114

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Economics, Finance, Business & Management

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