Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan da aka kafa gwamnatin majalisa a shekarar 1948, Firayim Minista U Nu ya fara aiwatar da manufofin kasa. Ya yi ƙoƙari ya sanya Burma ta zama mai jin daɗin jin dadi ta hanyar ɗaukar matakan tsarawa na tsakiya. A cikin shekarun 1950, fitar da shinkafa ya ragu da kashi biyu bisa uku kuma fitar da ma'adanai ya ragu da fiye da 96%. An aiwatar da tsare-tsaren kafa masana'antun masu amfani da haske ta hanyar kamfanoni masu zaman kansu. Juyin mulkin Burma na 1962
, ya biyo bayan wani shirin tattalin arziki da ake kira Burma Way to Socialism, wani shiri don tsara dukkan masana'antu, ban da aikin gona. Wannan mummunan shirin ya mayar da Burma daya daga cikin kasashe mafi talauci a duniya. Amincewa da Burma a matsayin ƙasa mafi ƙarancin ci gaba ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a 1987 ya nuna gazawar tattalin arzikinta.