1. Opportunities and Issues Chapter 1
Peter Drysdale
Crawford School of Public Policy
The Australian National University, Canberra
Workshop on Trade and Investment Paper
Crawford School, ANU, 28 April 2014

2. Context commitment to reform assets in outward-looking strategy
back to the future
advantages in catching up
East Asian experience and the ASEAN connection
paths to a higher growth trajectory
realistic targets for growth: benchmarking against the neighbourhood
challenge of spreading the benefits

3. Transformation to a Modern Economy
mobilizing the gains of trade for growth: getting the border barriers down and taking advantage of proximity
getting domestic institutions right: property rights; markets; trade, investment and regulatory certainty; taxing the rents; public finance; monetary and financial stability
distributing the benefits: effective economic federalism and connecting infrastructure
ASEAN Economic Community and priorities in foreign economic diplomacy

4. Delivering the Vision
restoring Myanmar’s international weight and influence
connecting national development to the international agenda
alignment of economic and political reform: search for a prosperous and open society
taking advantage of strategic location: mobilizing international resources and capacities
challenge of national integration
defining a national vision