Publication: A Growing Crisis: Work, Workers, and Wellbeing in Myanmar
Date
2023-06-15
ISSN
Published
2023-06-15
Author(s)
Sinha Roy, Sutirtha
Demarchi, Giorgia
Rhoads, Elizabeth
Abstract
Myanmar’s economy has been affected
by numerous internal and external shocks since 2020. This
report takes stock of the effect of these shocks on
Myanmar’s workers and their well-being using a reliable new
source of household data. The report compares employment
indicators from 2017 and 2022 to spotlight the extent of
adversity faced by workers and households. Employment
indicators for 2017 are based on official Myanmar living
conditions survey (MLCS) data. MSPS provides reliable
employment indicators at the sub-national level for 2022
that are comparable with baseline official data from 2017.
MSPS provides reliable employment indicators at the
sub-national level for 2022 that are comparable with
baseline official data from 2017. While anchored in the
MSPS, this report complements quantitative data with
qualitative insights from the community welfare monitoring
surveys, in particular the March 2023 round, conducted by
the World Bank since 2020. This report is organized as
follows: chapter 1 provides a snapshot of overall labor
market changes since 2017 and focuses on disparities by
gender, employment type, industry of occupation, and other
worker characteristics. Chapter 2 analyzes similarities and
differences in level employment indicators by state and
regions. Chapter 3 concludes by spotlighting key township
level characteristics that have influenced workers, their
work prospects, and their overall well-being.
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Citation
“Sinha Roy, Sutirtha; Demarchi, Giorgia; Rhoads, Elizabeth. 2023. A Growing Crisis: Work, Workers, and Wellbeing in Myanmar. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39882 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”