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Myanmar’s Thein Sein Delivers Political Reform, Lags in Economic Liberalization

Myanmar’s Thein Sein Delivers Political Reform, Lags in Economic Liberalization

U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed President Thein Sein of Myanmar to the White House on Monday, praising Thein Sein’s leadership in moving his country “down a path of both political and economic reform.” That progress, Obama said, has allowed for the recent “shift in relations” between the U.S. and Myanmar.

Vikram Nehru, a senior associate in the Asia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told Trend Lines the visit underlines how far the Southeast Asian country has come.

Nehru said the progress in Myanmar is real, but that the country’s leaders have so far delivered more political than economic reforms.

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