ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to locate the main turning points in the course of the depression crisis in Burma’s rice delta. When was the impact of the world slump first felt in the delta? At what point did the depression in Burma’s rice economy bottom out? When was the delta depression’s ‘darkest hour’? The exploration of these issues here rests largely on a close examination of the statistical data. It begins with the data on the volume and value of rice exports.
