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Development Reversed: Poverty and Labor Markets in Myanmar

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dc.contributor.authorSinha Roy, Sutirtha
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Weide, Roy
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-15T18:21:03Z
dc.date.available2024-07-15T18:21:03Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-15
dc.description.abstractThe combined impacts of multiple negative shocks, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the February 2021 military coup, have brought poverty headcount, depth, and severity in Myanmar back to levels last seen in 2015. Poverty estimation exercises based on unofficial household survey data involve statistical uncertainties. However, trends in household well-being indicators studied in this report robustly point to a rise in poverty between 2017 and 2023. These trends underscore significant reversals from Myanmar’s experience of sustained poverty reduction until 2020, which was driven by fast economic growth and an expansion of its manufacturing and services sectors. While poverty has risen compared to the last six years and remains highest in rural areas, it has surged particularly rapidly in urban areas and among individuals with higher human capital endowments. The decline in living standards among urban households - especially those that belong to lower and middle-income families - has likely contributed to a reduction in inequality. Poverty estimates in this report are lower than other recently available estimates for Myanmar, largely due to methodological differences and the statistical uncertainties associated with such exercises. In urban areas, poverty has risen between 2017 and 2023, with a substantial decline in consumption among urban lower and middle-income households. The remaining report proceeds as follows: Chapter 1 provides the headline estimates of Myanmar’s poverty by location and household characteristics. Chapter 2 uses a labor market lens to understand the emerging trends in poverty. Technical details related to the updated methodology can be found in the Appendix 1. Appendix 2 provides key estimates of labor market indicators from MSPS at the subnational level.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070124011518423/P5006631bede1108b1b3df1ed886e13f993
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41869
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41869
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL AND GROWTH
dc.subjectCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
dc.subjectNO POVERTY
dc.subjectSDG 1
dc.subjectGOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
dc.subjectSDG 3
dc.subjectDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectSDG 8
dc.titleDevelopment Reverseden
dc.title.subtitlePoverty and Labor Markets in Myanmaren
dc.typeWorking Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleDevelopment Reversed: Poverty and Labor Markets in Myanmar
okr.date.disclosure2024-07-15
okr.date.lastmodified2024-07-01T00:00:00Zen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070124011518423/P5006631bede1108b1b3df1ed886e13f993
okr.guid099070124011518423
okr.identifier.docmidP500663-bede11db-306d-448b-b3df-ed886e13f993
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41869
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34358451
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34358451
okr.identifier.report192277
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070124011518423/pdf/P5006631bede1108b1b3df1ed886e13f993.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryMyanmar
okr.topicConflict and Development::Post Conflict Reconstruction
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Communicable Diseases
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Moving Out Of Poverty
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitEFI-EAP-MTI-MacroFiscal-1 (EEAM1)
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