Myanmar Human Capital Development, Employment, and Labor Markets

61 Pages Posted: 31 Dec 2015

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Sakiko Tanaka

Asian Development Bank

Christopher Spohr

Asian Development Bank

Sandra D'Amico

BDLINK Cambodia

Date Written: December 2015

Abstract

Improvement in human capital is essential for rapid, sustainable, and inclusive economic growth in Myanmar. Investments in health and education — including technical and vocational education and training — are essential to engineer a productive labor force that can contribute to and benefit from growth opportunities, while equipping the country’s young population to participate in the country’s dramatic socioeconomic transformation. This paper focuses on developing human capital, with an emphasis on health and education in the context of employment growth and an employment-enabling environment. While awaiting the release of up-to-date data and the outcome of broad ongoing legislative reforms, the paper draws on extensive analysis of available data, including the Integrated Household Living Condition Survey 2009-2010, nationally led assessments, and consultations with the government and a variety of stakeholders to provide a snapshot of important recent developments that are helping to shape the transformation.

Keywords: education, employment, health, Myanmar, technical and vocational education and training (TVET)

JEL Classification: E24, I15, I25, O15

Suggested Citation

Tanaka, Sakiko and Spohr, Christopher and D'Amico, Sandra, Myanmar Human Capital Development, Employment, and Labor Markets (December 2015). Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 469, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2709350

Sakiko Tanaka (Contact Author)

Asian Development Bank ( email )

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Christopher Spohr

Asian Development Bank ( email )

6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550
Metro Manila
Philippines

Sandra D'Amico

BDLINK Cambodia ( email )

House #10, Oknha Pich (Street 242)
Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh
Phnom Penh
Cambodia

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