Øget fart på udviklingen som reaktion på politiske reformer kan have skjulte omkostninger for landbefolkningen og måske specielt for de etniske minoriteter.
BANGKOK, 27 February 2012 (IRIN): Speaking at a recent conference in Yangon on inclusive growth, former World Bank president and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz warned that Burma risked becoming “a rich country with poor people”, as quoted in local media.
In 2011, foreign investment in mining, oil, gas and hydropower in Burma totalled 20 billion US dollar, according to the government.
And while a 3,6 billion dollar project to construct a dam on the Irrawaddy River for a hydropower plant was suspended due to protests stemming from environmental and social concerns, including the projected displacement of thousands of villagers from the northern state of Kachin, a deepwater port project is going ahead, despite similar criticisms.
Saw Frankie Abreu, a coordinator with the local NGO Another Development for Burma, believes the multi-billion dollar project in the southeastern city of Dawei in Tanintharyi Region may displace tens of thousands of villagers and boost undocumented migration to Thailand.
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