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Publication date: 4 December 2020

Kyaw Lin, Sun Lin and Than Tun Sein

Myanmar has an insufficient number of mental health workers with few institutional facilities resulting in a significant treatment gap. Although few mental health services are…

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Purpose

Myanmar has an insufficient number of mental health workers with few institutional facilities resulting in a significant treatment gap. Although few mental health services are integrated into primary health care (PHC), the challenges are unknown. This study aimed to assess the challenges perceived by providers in the service delivery of satellite mental health care (SMHC) in two sample townships in Yangon.

Design/methodology/approach

The research was based on a case study design by applying a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews (IDIs). In the three types of service providers, a total of six staff participated as interviewees. These consisted of two team leaders, two clinical specialists providing consultations to clients and two mental health nurses.

Findings

Providers perceived the following as major challenges in the provision of services: unstable financial resources and management, insufficient human resources and capacity of service providers, restricted outpatient services, the lack of a functional referral system, overcrowding, inadequate individual consultation time, long-waiting hours, finite opening days and hours and poor setting of infrastructure, resulting in lack of privacy.

Research limitations/implications

In the absence of similar studies in Myanmar, findings could not be placed in the context of the national literature for comparison. Further, the study involved a limited number of respondents, which may have affected the findings.

Originality/value

Although the challenges revealed were not uncommon in mental health services in developing countries, this study focused on a specific model of mental health care integrated into general healthcare settings in Myanmar. The findings offer a benchmark on efforts to develop decentralized mental health services in Myanmar and provide input for future in-depth studies.

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Journal of Health Research, vol. 36 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0857-4421

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Publication date: 20 March 2015

The outlook for Myanmar's political transition from military rule.

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Publication date: 20 September 2023

Zun Wai Oo and Norimune Kawai

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has been in effect since 2019. It has impacted people's lives differently, and education is one of the biggest challenges. In Myanmar, apart from…

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Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has been in effect since 2019. It has impacted people's lives differently, and education is one of the biggest challenges. In Myanmar, apart from the pandemic, the Coup d’état in 2021 crippled development across many sectors, including education. Consequently, they interfered with Myanmar's progress toward inclusive education in line with Sustainable Development Goal Four (SDG 4). A brief overview of Myanmar's progress and challenges in implementing inclusive education is provided in this chapter. Furthermore, it aims to bring ideas on how inclusive education in Myanmar could improve in the aftermath of the pandemic and coup.

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Publication date: 1 March 1961

Walter Hunziker

Wohlstand und Menschlichkeit sind die beiden Pole jeder Entwicklungshilfe. Die weniger fortgeschrittenen Gebiete sollen nicht allein materiell besser gestellt werden. Es gilt…

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Wohlstand und Menschlichkeit sind die beiden Pole jeder Entwicklungshilfe. Die weniger fortgeschrittenen Gebiete sollen nicht allein materiell besser gestellt werden. Es gilt vielmehr nicht weniger, auch die menschlichen Werte in ihnen zu entwickeln und zu pflegen. Eine Entwicklungsaktion, die den Menschlichkeits‐ über dem Wohlstandsfaktor vernachlässigen würde, müsste auf die Dauer zum Scheitern verurteilt sein. Die Gefahr einer Bevorzugung der materiellen Seite ist tatsächlich vorhanden. Man braucht nur einen Blick in die Entwicklungsliteratur zu werfen, um dies bestätigt zu finden und zu sehen, wie einseitig man sich in der Erörterung von Entwicklungsfragen nach rein wirtschaftlichen Gesichtspunkten zu orientieren pflegt. Das ist falsch.

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The Tourist Review, vol. 16 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0251-3102

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Publication date: 1 April 1992

Tanja Mihalic

Deklarativ betrachtet ist das Recht auf Reisen eines der grundlegendsten Menschenrechte. Um das Recht auf Reisen bzw. das Recht auf Tourist zu sein einem Einzelnem realisierbar zu…

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Deklarativ betrachtet ist das Recht auf Reisen eines der grundlegendsten Menschenrechte. Um das Recht auf Reisen bzw. das Recht auf Tourist zu sein einem Einzelnem realisierbar zu machen, müssen bestimmte Vorbedingungen erfllt werden: es müssen gengend Finanzmittel zur Verfügung stehen und es sollten keine politische Barrieren bestehen, die die freie Bewegung begrenzen würden. Gleichzeitig musss man auch über genügend Freizeit verfügen, es muss der Bedarf nach touristischer Rekreation bestehen und dieser Bedarf muss mit einem Angebot von dessen Befriedigung verbunden werden, d.h. einem Touris‐musangebot. Zur Zeit sind die ersten zwei Faktoren als begrenzt zu betrachten, die Zukunft wird es beweisen können, ob der touristische Verkehr (z.B. aus ökologischen Gründen) auch die Grenze der Weiterentwicklung an der Seite der Befriedigungs‐möglichkeiten erreichen wird.

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The Tourist Review, vol. 47 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0251-3102

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Publication date: 1 April 1949

Pd. Dr. K. Krapf

Es mag vorerst seltsam und gewagt erscheinen, den Fremdenverkehr als Freizeitangelegenheit oder — um es in der Sprache der nachkriegszeitlichen Austeritypolitik zu sagen — als…

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Es mag vorerst seltsam und gewagt erscheinen, den Fremdenverkehr als Freizeitangelegenheit oder — um es in der Sprache der nachkriegszeitlichen Austeritypolitik zu sagen — als “entbehrliches Raffinement” mit dem europäischen Wiederaufbau in Beziehung zu bringen. Was kann Wiederaufbau mit Fremdenverkehr zu tun haben ? Stellen diese beiden Tätigkeiten nicht begriffliche Gegensätze dar, da Wiederaufbau doch Arbeit, strenge, harte, entbehrungsreiche Arbeit voraussetzt und Fremdenverkehr die Antithese dazu bildet, zum Ausruhen, Geniessen, Faulenzen führt ?

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The Tourist Review, vol. 4 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0251-3102

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Publication date: 1 March 1966

Mesdames et Messieurs les invités, Chers membres, Il m'a rarement été possible d'ouvrir un de nos Congrès en un endroit aussi riche en traditions que celui où nous nous trouvons…

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Mesdames et Messieurs les invités, Chers membres, Il m'a rarement été possible d'ouvrir un de nos Congrès en un endroit aussi riche en traditions que celui où nous nous trouvons aujourd'hui. Rempli d'émotion, je vous souhaite la bienvenue à Athènes.

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The Tourist Review, vol. 21 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0251-3102

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Publication date: 1 August 2005

Kiichiro Yagi

To establish the place of Karl Knies in the history of economics of the German‐speaking academics.

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To establish the place of Karl Knies in the history of economics of the German‐speaking academics.

Design/methodology/approach

Knies's economics teaching is summarized on the basis of a student's notebook of the course on general economics in Heidelberg, 1886. Knies's relation with two Austrian visitors, Friedrich Wieser and Eugen Böhm‐Bawerk, is explored. Finally, Knies's influence on Max Weber and Weber's difference from Knies is discussed.

Findings

This paper provides the structure and the summary of Knies's lecture, illuminates his inability to grasp the significance of Austrian value theory, and shows the new position that Max Weber acquired by absorbing the Austrian theory into the framework of historicism.

Research limitations/implications

The comparison of (possibly) remaining notes of Knies's lectures may reveal the development as well as the wide coverage of his teaching in Heidelberg. Knies's influence on Max Weber should be studied more in detail by an archival investigation of young Weber's unpublished writings.

Originality/value

The mild and synthetic feature of the real teaching of Knies, “the methodologist of the Historical School”, and the true distinction of the Austrian value theory from the “use value” theory of German economists are shown clearly. Thus, the relation between Historicists and Austrians is established from the viewpoint of the economic theory.

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Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 32 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3585

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Publication date: 1 December 1996

Arnold Heertje

Goes back to thinking on the price theory of oligopoly in 1960. In particular, is concerned with Stackelberg’s oligopoly theory. Presents a careful description of the development…

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Goes back to thinking on the price theory of oligopoly in 1960. In particular, is concerned with Stackelberg’s oligopoly theory. Presents a careful description of the development of Stackelberg’s analysis. Takes into account his mathematical appendix. Confronts the theory with game theory and concludes that in a dynamic game a Nash‐Cournot equilibrium will emerge.

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Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 23 no. 5/6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3585

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Publication date: 23 August 2016

Outlook for Myanmar's Panglong conference, beginning on August 31.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213132

ISSN: 2633-304X

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