LEADER 03249 am 2200577 n 450 001 9910313025903321 005 20180216 010 $a2-35596-023-2 024 7 $a10.4000/books.irasec.1094 035 $a(CKB)4960000000012689 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-irasec-1094 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50208 035 $a(PPN)229999786 035 $a(EXLCZ)994960000000012689 100 $a20180703j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInformal and Illegal Movement in the Upper Greater Mekong Subregion $eCosts and Benefits of Informal Networks for Goods and People /$fLynn Thiesmeyer 210 $aBangkok $cInstitut de recherche sur l?Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine$d2018 215 $a1 online resource (148 p.) 330 $aMyanmar, the second biggest country in terms of area in mainland South East Asia, borders five neighboring countries: China, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, and Lao PDR. Myanmar's longest borders are with China (approximately 1,357 miles) and Thailand (approximately 1,314 miles), and it shares coastal waters with Malaysia and Singapore. Informal activities and informal moment of goods and people have been quite significant due to many factors. Although various policy measures have been developed to mitigate these informal activities, there has not been any study regarding the sources of these informal activities, their costs and benefits, impacts and consequences of the existence and non-existence of these activities, or how these activities could be mitigated without having significant negative economic and social impacts on the local people and the economy as the whole. This paper attempts to identify factors behind causes and effects of informal flows in goods and persons across the borders between Myanmar and its neighboring countries, especially China and Thailand, and to address related issues and possible policy implications. This paper is a result of various surveys and studies in many places in Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand, and China from 2005 to 2009 under several research projects. 606 $aInformal sector (Economics)$zSoutheast Asia 606 $aEconomics$zSoutheast Asia$xSociological aspects 606 $aBorder crossing$zSoutheast Asia 607 $aSoutheast Asia$xEmigration and immigration 610 $agoodsnetworks 610 $agolden triangle 610 $aborders 610 $aUpper Greater Mekong Subregion 610 $asmuggling 610 $ainformal trade 610 $aeconomy 610 $aunderground economy 610 $aVietnam 610 $aparallel economy 610 $atrafic 610 $atrafficking 615 0$aInformal sector (Economics) 615 0$aEconomics$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aBorder crossing 700 $aThiesmeyer$b Lynn$0898447 712 02$aObservatoire des Trafics Illicites.$bMekong Anti Trafics. 712 02$aIRASEC. 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910313025903321 996 $aInformal and illegal movement in the Upper Greater Mekong Subregion$92878530 997 $aUNINA