The downsides of a heavy reliance on one or more primary commodities such as oil, that include corruption, wildly fluctuating government revenues and stunted economic development
Islamic religious school.
A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.
A form of Buddhism based on the oldest known records of Buddha's teaching. Dominant form of Buddhism in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
A communist guerilla movement in Cambodia that held power from 1975 to 1979. Responsible for mass killings and mass starvation.
A state which takes leading role in macro-economic planning, strategic investment and n guiding economic growth
A climate marked by seasonal changing winds that bring in heavy rain.
Refers to the movement from a more centralized form of economy to a freer, market-based economy.
A seasonal wind in South East Asia that blows from land to sea in October to May (dry monsoon ) and from sea to land on May to September bringing rain (wet monsoon).
A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.
A self-organized collective of farmers who share irrigation water from a common source, found throughout Bali.
Name given to a series of innovations that were especially prominent from the late 1960s to the 1970s, that increased agriculture production through new high-yielding varieties of crops, irrigation, and the use pesticides and fertilizers.
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