Myanmar's Future Jobs : Embracing Modernity

Notes in this report present the nature of jobs in each sector (except the public sector), the challenges to improving these sectors, and recommended policies to develop sector-specific jobs strategies. Building on the government’s Myanmar Sustaina...

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Main Authors: Cunningham, Wendy, Munoz, Rafael
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/958621536141390299/Myanmars-Future-Jobs-Embracing-Modernity-Main-Report
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spelling okr-10986-304002021-09-17T05:10:48Z Myanmar's Future Jobs : Embracing Modernity Cunningham, Wendy Munoz, Rafael Cunningham, Wendy Munoz, Rafael Rahardja, Sjamsu Hollweg, Claire Leão, Izabela Ekanayake, Indira Ahmed, Mansur Amin, Mohammed Rab, Habib Yoong, Pui Shen JOB CREATION LABOR MARKET ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC SHOCKS FINANCIAL INCLUSION FISCAL POLICY MONETARY POLICY LABOR FORCE LABOR POLICY LABOR SKILLS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MICROENTERPRISE PRIVATE SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS MIGRATION Notes in this report present the nature of jobs in each sector (except the public sector), the challenges to improving these sectors, and recommended policies to develop sector-specific jobs strategies. Building on the government’s Myanmar Sustainable Development Program (MSDP), which provides a framework for jobs policy reform, this report identifies priority area that could have the greatest impact in each sector in promoting this framework. The accompanying Overview document presents the overall jobs picture based on this report. Note 1 addresses the overall Myanmar macroeconomic environment for jobs, while Note two profiles the Myanmar labor force. Notes three, four, five, and six explore jobs in agriculture, household enterprises, the private sector, and through migration. The Notes are designed to be standalone documents that can be used to inform discussions with appropriate Ministries or stakeholders. 2018-09-11T17:25:49Z 2018-09-11T17:25:49Z 2018-09-04 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/958621536141390299/Myanmars-Future-Jobs-Embracing-Modernity-Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30400 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Myanmar
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topic JOB CREATION
LABOR MARKET
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
FINANCIAL INCLUSION
FISCAL POLICY
MONETARY POLICY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR POLICY
LABOR SKILLS
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
MICROENTERPRISE
PRIVATE SECTOR
COMPETITIVENESS
MIGRATION
spellingShingle JOB CREATION
LABOR MARKET
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
FINANCIAL INCLUSION
FISCAL POLICY
MONETARY POLICY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR POLICY
LABOR SKILLS
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
MICROENTERPRISE
PRIVATE SECTOR
COMPETITIVENESS
MIGRATION
Cunningham, Wendy
Munoz, Rafael
Myanmar's Future Jobs : Embracing Modernity
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Myanmar
description Notes in this report present the nature of jobs in each sector (except the public sector), the challenges to improving these sectors, and recommended policies to develop sector-specific jobs strategies. Building on the government’s Myanmar Sustainable Development Program (MSDP), which provides a framework for jobs policy reform, this report identifies priority area that could have the greatest impact in each sector in promoting this framework. The accompanying Overview document presents the overall jobs picture based on this report. Note 1 addresses the overall Myanmar macroeconomic environment for jobs, while Note two profiles the Myanmar labor force. Notes three, four, five, and six explore jobs in agriculture, household enterprises, the private sector, and through migration. The Notes are designed to be standalone documents that can be used to inform discussions with appropriate Ministries or stakeholders.
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Munoz, Rafael
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author Cunningham, Wendy
Munoz, Rafael
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title Myanmar's Future Jobs : Embracing Modernity
title_short Myanmar's Future Jobs : Embracing Modernity
title_full Myanmar's Future Jobs : Embracing Modernity
title_fullStr Myanmar's Future Jobs : Embracing Modernity
title_full_unstemmed Myanmar's Future Jobs : Embracing Modernity
title_sort myanmar's future jobs : embracing modernity
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/958621536141390299/Myanmars-Future-Jobs-Embracing-Modernity-Main-Report
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