Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a political-economy model to show how political imperatives lead to reforms in administering direct tax collection. Design/methodology/approach – A static, political-gain approach was used to model employment in the tax collection sector and...

The Thein Sein government of Myanmar seeks higher and balanced economic growth. This is a challenge for the government since some economic literature identifies a trade-off between higher economic growth and better regional equality, especially for countries in the early stages of development....

After decades of isolation, Myanmar is now actively re-engaging with the global economy. For successful re-engagement, Myanmar needs to implement comprehensive economic reforms based on a shared vision for long-term economic development that is characterized by human-centered, high, sustainable,...