Myanmar
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A Refugee Compact for the Rohingya
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Nearly one million Rohingya refugees currently reside in camps in Bangladesh. Most Rohingya live in temporary settlements where conditions are not safe. The Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh cannot repatriate without threat from Myanmar’s military government, and any attempts at large-scale repatriation are against their best interests. Repatriation is no…
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Accountability to Humanitarian Aid Respondents: The Need for Institutional Change
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“They’re sending us to die,” lamented a 40-year-old Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh facing a planned repatriation program to the country from where he had just fled. Another man nearby broke down into tears, “The military came, killed our people, set fire to our houses, and threw our kids in the…
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Aquaculture May Reduce Rural Poverty, Income Inequality
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Since 2014, more than half of all fish consumed by humans have been farmed rather than caught in the wild. Aquaculture — which includes the farming of not only fish, but also mollusks, shellfish, algae, seaweed and more — has grown exponentially for decades and has emerged as a major…
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Mutual Interests: Why Myanmar Embraced FATF Regulations
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A new study suggests Myanmar’s domestic policy goals, not international condemnation, drive adherence to international financial regulations.