Introduction; Inflation; Economic Sanctions; Additional Factors Affecting the Cost of Living... Situation Facing Farmers in Burma: Right to Own Land; Forced Sale of Crops... Dry Season Paddy Crops; Physic Nut Agricultural Development Project; Situation of Labour in Burma... Other Factors Contributing to the Deprivation of Livelihood: Forced Labour; Fees, Taxes and Extortion; Looting and Expropriation of Food and Possessions; Land Confiscation; Destruction of Property; Restrictions on Trade, Travel and Cultivation.