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Internal Displacement in Burma
Author(s) -
Lanjouw Steven,
Mortimer Graham,
Bamforth Vicky
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7717.00144
Subject(s) - internally displaced person , impunity , state (computer science) , political science , displaced person , displacement (psychology) , government (linguistics) , development economics , political economy , modalities , economic growth , criminology , human rights , sociology , law , refugee , psychology , economics , social science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , psychotherapist
The internal displacement of populations in Burma is not a new phenomenon. Displacement is caused by numerous factors. Not all of it is due to outright violence, but much is a consequence of misguided social and economic development initiatives. Efforts to consolidate the state by assimilating populations in government‐controlled areas by military authorities on the one hand, while brokering cease‐fires with non‐state actors on the other, has uprooted civilian populations throughout the country. Very few areas in which internally displaced persons (IDPs) are found are not facing social turmoil within a climate of impunity. Humanitarian access to IDP populations remains extremely problematic. While relatively little information has been collected, assistance has been focused on targeting accessible groups. International concern within Burma has couched the problems of displacement within general development modalities, while international attention along its borders has sought to contain displacement. With the exception of several recent initiatives, few approaches have gone beyond assistance and engaged in the prevention or protection of the displaced.