Conflict Resolution in the Decision to build the Trans-Thai-Malaysian Pipeline: A Report prepared by the Croft Institute for International Studies Oxford, Mississippi, USA and King Prajhadipok's Institute Bangkok, Thailand
Article from: OGEL 4 (2003), in National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
Summary
Developing nations tend to place high priorities on 'development'. As these nations aspire to the status and qualities of life enjoyed in Japan, Western European nations, and North America, the meaning of development inevitably takes the connotation of 'economic development'. Indeed, studies show that economic development is associated with positive outcomes in social as well as other dimensions of society (Albritton and Mahakanjana, 2000; Kakwani and Krongkaew, 1996; Lipset, 1959; Kuznets, 1955), including democratisation. Ironically, economic development has often been ...