Browse Research and Commentary

The Troubled Global Landscape: Implications for Turkey

June 19, 2013, Lex Rieffel

The Way Forward with Myanmar/Burma

May 24, 2013, Lex Rieffel

Banking Has to Become Boring Again

April 29, 2013, Lex Rieffel

Myanmar on the Move: An Overview of Recent Developments

March 2013, Lex Rieffel

Are Aid Donors Repeating Mistakes in Myanmar?

March 16, 2013, Lex Rieffel and James Fox

Too Much, Too Soon? The Dilemma of Foreign Aid to Myanmar/Burma

March 2013, Lex Rieffel and James W. Fox

Foreign aid is not always a blessing. Countries in recent years that appear to have received too much aid too soon include Cambodia and Nepal. The record of foreign aid around the world is littered with cases of wasteful and even harmful projects and programs.

March 15, 2013, Lex Rieffel, The Irrawaddy

An Early Assessment of Foreign Aid to Myanmar

March 14, 2013

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Japan's Big Chance to Contribute

March 5, 2013, Lex Rieffel

Myanmar: Making the Reforms Count

February 26, 2013

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Governance, Rule of Law and Natural Resources in Indonesia and Lessons for Burma’s Transformation

February 7, 2013

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Obama in Burma

November 16, 2012, Lex Rieffel and Yun Sun

[The Myanmar government] is making progress across the board on the political front, though on the social and economic fronts things are going slowly. But I don’t know of anybody who expected them to make the progress that they have at this point.

September 19, 2012, Lex Rieffel, Los Angeles Times

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Visits the United States: What Next?

September 17, 2012, Lex Rieffel

The Myanmar Economy: Tough Choices

September 2012, Lex Rieffel

Myanmar’s Economy Confronts Tough Policy Challenges

July 31, 2012, Lex Rieffel

Spring in Myanmar Leads to a Growing Democracy

March 7, 2012, Lex Rieffel

New World Bank President? Another Tough Choice for Obama

September 20, 2011, Lex Rieffel

The United States Should Wish Bon Voyage to the World Bank

September 16, 2011, Lex Rieffel

An International Financial System Adrift and Imperiled

August 12, 2011, Lex Rieffel

Is This a Meaningful Milestone for Myanmar/Burma?

April 5, 2011, Lex Rieffel

Europe’s Fast Track into the Third World

December 8, 2010, Lex Rieffel

Looking Ahead From Burma's November 7 Election

November 2010, Lex Rieffel

The Election in Burma: What Is America’s Stake?

October 5, 2010, Lex Rieffel

Myanmar/Burma

Inside Challenges, Outside Interests

2010, Lex Rieffel