Counter-accounting with invisible data: The struggle for transparency in Myanmar's energy sector

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-28

  Maclean, Ken ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Accounting; Finance; Human rights; Law; Myanmar; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899641637     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plar.12048     Document Type: Article

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