RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AROUND YANGON CITY, MYANMAR

Labor migration is a pervasive feature of life in contemporary Myanmar, but has been the subject of only limited research to date. Furthermore, most of this work has focused on international migrants, leaving internal migration comparatively understudied. This brief addresses this gap by exploring t...

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Main Authors Kyan Htoo, A Myint Zu
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.2016
Edition1890
SeriesFood Security Policy Project Research Highlights Myanmar- #5
Subjects
Agricultural and Food Policy
Community/Rural/Urban Development
MYANMAR
RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION
YANGON CITY
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DOI10.22004/ag.econ.291872

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Summary:Labor migration is a pervasive feature of life in contemporary Myanmar, but has been the subject of only limited research to date. Furthermore, most of this work has focused on international migrants, leaving internal migration comparatively understudied. This brief addresses this gap by exploring the characteristics of migrants and migration in four townships (Kayan, Maubin, Nyaungdon, and Twantay) located close to Myanmar’s primate city, Yangon. For comparative purposes, a representative sample of 1102 households was interviewed in May 2016, in two groups of village tracts: an aquaculture cluster characterized by high concentrations of fish farms, and agriculture cluster, where crop farming is the predominant agricultural activity.
DOI:10.22004/ag.econ.291872