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Myanmar: Experience with aid and management development during transition
Author(s) -
Cook Paul
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230130409
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , politics , principal (computer security) , state (computer science) , political science , transition (genetics) , economic growth , public administration , market oriented , aid effectiveness , economic system , economics , developing country , market economy , biochemistry , chemistry , algorithm , computer science , law , gene , operating system
This article examines the role of the UNDP's management development programme in Myanmar between 1988 and 1992. It describes the economic and political background against which technical assistance was provided to assist the transition from a centrally planned to a market‐oriented economy. It is argued that present reforms can be interpreted as part of a survival strategy. The article analyses the principal findings of the various components of assistance between these years, and reports on implementation. In particular, attention is given to problems that occur in reforming both central bureaucratic institutions and patterns of decision‐making, and to changes in these key areas. The concluding part summarizes the lessons that arise from implementation and indicates that forms of state‐led planning are likely to continue alongside attempts to embody market principles.