ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
"Over the past decade, Myanmar has experienced a marked increase in migration, coinciding with a
period of rapid economic growth.1
Internal and international migrants already represent 25 per cent of
Myanmar’s total population. These migrants are primarily low-skilled and from poor rural households
seeking to improve the long-term prospects for themselves and their families. Their migration is driven
by interconnected structural and social factors, including rural poverty, lack of viable employment
opportunities, earning differences between origin and destination, aspirations for modern work and/
or a modern lifestyle, the desire to break away from chronic indebtedness, and environmental changes
and conflict.
While migration is a crucial part of development, its ability to reduce poverty at the household level
is contingent upon the effective management of the multiple risks and hardships faced by migrant
households. Over the long term, the benefits of migration can offset hardships and downward slides
into poverty by increasing the earnings of migrants and opening up new opportunities to them and
their families. However, there is a need for policymaking to better align with and support the longterm aspirations of migrants and their families.
The “Capitalising Human Mobility for Poverty Alleviation and Inclusive Development for Myanmar”
(CHIME) study aims to address the knowledge gap on labour migration and its relationship with poverty
and development in four areas in Myanmar: Ayeyarwardy Region, Mandalay Region, Rakhine State
and Shan State. CHIME employed a mixed-methods design, including a quantitative household survey
and qualitative in-depth interviews, collected in two rounds in 2017. The quantitative samples were
intended to be representative of rural households in each of the four identified, and the findings are
regionally representative for Ayeyarwady and Mandalay regions. The study cannot and does claim to be
representative of Rakhine and Shan States due to various limitations to accessing some of the villages.2
The CHIME project was implemented by a consortium composed of the Ministry of Labour,
Immigration and Population, the University of Sussex, Metta Development Foundation, and the
International Organization for Migration (IOM). Financial support was provided by the Livelihoods
and Food Security Fund (LIFT). The findings of the study are summarized in the sections that follow..."
ရင်းမြစ်:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Date of Publication:
2019-01-01
Date of entry:
2019-06-21
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အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား:
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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