
Opposition leader tells World Economic Forum that Burma would benefit from 'ethical, new and innovative investment'

Burmese soldiers withdrawn from Kachin state seen in convoys heading to areas through which the Shwe pipeline will pass

Shan National League for Democracy one of three parties who won seats in the 1990 elections now preparing return to politics
Opinion & Analysis
ELLIOTT PRASSE-FREEMAN
Looming western investment in Burma, coupled with the arrival of development 'experts', risks ushering in a quasi-authoritarian neoliberalism where elites, and not Burmese citizens, decide the future of the country