This study was conducted using mostly qualitative methods. It mainly focuses on assessing supply and demand, competition, pricing and stakeholder relations. Individual interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were used to collect data. Guiding questions
were...
One-pager highlights of LIFT's work in 4 major thematics areas, areas of focus, and geographic areas.
Summary including:
-LIFT Annual Report
-LIFT Strategy
-Nutrition
-Financial Inclusion
-Agriculture, Markets, and Food Systems
-Decent Work and...
Data collected by:
Myanmar Survey Research (MSR)
Data analysed and report written by:
Nina Blöndal, Independent Consultant
LIFT Strategy Diagram can also be found in LIFT Strategy 2019-2023 under Appendix 1.
The full LIFT Strategy 2019-2023 can be found here: https://www.lift-fund.org/lift-strategy-...
LIFT Logical Framework 2019-2023 can also be found in LIFT Strategy 2019-2023 under Appendix 2.
The full LIFT strategy 2019-2023 can be found here: https://www.lift-fund.org/lift-...
All of the consulted CSOs report that they are recovering indirect costs (ICs) at the rate of six per cent as
stipulated by the fund donor.
This could not be assumed as some grant-makers in Myanmar have organisational policies that over-ride
donor requirements to share...
All of the consulted CSOs report that they are recovering indirect costs (ICs) at the rate of six per cent as
stipulated by the fund donor.
This could not be assumed as some grant-makers in Myanmar have organisational policies that over-ride
donor requirements to share...
Despite of the value of the customary tenure system, the current legal framework in Myanmar does not adequately recognise customary tenure. In recent years, customary rights over the land and forests of the Naga people have become more vulnerable than ever, as government institutions enforcing...
Participatory photography is an innovative way for researchers to understand the nuanced perspectives of vulnerable groups - but what does it look like in practice? In this information brief, we explore: what participatory photography is, why researchers might consider using this method, and how...
The farming systems analysis can be beneficial
to farmers themselves. As a direct benefit, the
whole process can provide capacity development
opportunities for them to reflect on their own
practices and gain the “bigger picture” of the
agricultural development...
Pulse crop exports from Myanmar grew from nothing to a $1 billion per annum export industry over the past 30 years. The sector offered uniquely attractive returns to both smallholder farmers and traders during three decades of international isolation and underinvestment in agriculture. Myanmar...
This paper analyzes differences in productivity, profitability and labor use for four major crops produced in Myanmar’s Dry Zone, namely monsoon paddy, dry season paddy, sesame, and groundnut, comparing farmers using mechanized land preparation relative to use of animal draft power alone, and...
Debt was mentioned in the majority of CHIME qualitative interviews with lower income households as a factor in migration decision-making. For many, migration was perceived as the only way out of interlocking problems of debt, rural bonded labour and extreme poverty. Families reported going...
Internal migration patterns reveal the strong pull of Yangon with most internal migrants either moving within their state of origin, or to Yangon. The study highlights the enormous significance of social drivers on rural to urban migration and their close relationship with economic drivers....
This briefing paper presents findings from the CHIME study relating to gender and migration in four regions of Myanmar. It outlines differences and similarities between men and women’s patterns of migration. This is followed by sections on drivers and strategies of migration, remittance amounts...
This briefing paper draws on findings from the CHIME research project to look at how agricultural work drives migration, and how migration affects the agricultural sector. It identifies opportunities for policymakers to help make agriculture and migration promote sustainable, equitable...
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...
