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May 30, 2008

Into the Delta: How Foreign Aid May Bring a Better Future for Burma

by Amy Kazmin and Andrew Jack, Financial Times, UK - Now, even as the World Food Programme and other international aid agencies rush to deliver supplies and services, foreign policymakers as well as many ordinary Burmese are starting to wonder whether Nargis could bring a more lasting change to the junta’s relations with the outside world. If that occurs, it might be not just because of the ruling generals opening their doors but also as a result of western countries’ temporary shift in focus from their longstanding push for Burmese democracy towards more practical issues of helping 2.5m destitute cyclone survivors back on to their feet.

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