Department of Economics

Burma Economic Watch

Burma Economic Watch is a web page that provides up-to-date and reliable data, analysis and commentary on the economy of Burma. Information on the Burmese economy is both difficult to obtain and notoriously unreliable, while comment and analysis are often scarcely less so. The aim of this web page is to contribute to improving each of these areas and to encourage informed debate.

In doing so the Burma Economic Watch group has attained an international reputation for its economic research and commentary on this isolated, yet important country.

Burma Economic Watch is produced by an editorial team of scholars devoted to the study of Burma and its economy. Our team is Wylie Bradford, Sean Turnell and Alison Vicary.

For updates visit the Burma Economic Watch blog.

Op-Eds / Interviews:

16 October 2012, Radio National, Sean Turnell spoke about the need for economic reform in Burma
January 2010, The Irrawaddy, A Year of Promise, or Tempest-tossed again?
6 October, 2009, The Age, Sanctions on Burma have a role to play
6 August, 2009, the Wall Street Journal, Burma Isn't Broke
12 May, 2009, e-International Relations
19 May, 2008, The Irrawaddy, A Shattered Rice Bowl
8 May, 2008, The Irrawaddy, How the Regime Hides Its Billions
2 May, 2008, the Japan Times, The rape of Burma: where did the wealth go?
4 September, 2007, the Wall Street Journal, Gas attack (PDF)