Myanmar’s Enduring Polycrisis: Four Years into a Tumultuous Journey
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While the earthquake delivered a sudden and devastating blow, it did so upon a foundation already weakened by years of systemic fragility. Both Sagaing and Mandalay were already grappling with profound challenges across nearly every dimension of society—challenges that the disaster has now deepened and exposed. The web version can be viewed in scrolly.
The Sagaing Fault’s Socioeconomic Foundations
April 2025
While the earthquake delivered a sudden and devastating blow, it did so upon a foundation already weakened by years of systemic fragility. Both Sagaing and Mandalay were already grappling with profound challenges across nearly every dimension of society—challenges that the disaster has now deepened and exposed. The web version can be viewed here.
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