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Informality and firm performance in Myanmar

Part of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality

Firms Informality Myanmar
Journal Article
Informal institutions, transaction risk, and firm productivity in Myanmar

In many low-income transition countries, where formal institutions such as courts do not function effectively, informal institutions are often used by firms to minimize transaction risks...

Firm productivity Informal institutions Relational contracting
Working Paper
Climate change and agricultural productivity in Myanmar: Application of a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model

Myanmar is facing climate change (CC) induced changes to the productivity of their critically important rice sector over the coming century...

Myanmar Agricultural technology Climate change
Working Paper
Labour market projections and time allocation in Myanmar: Application of a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model

Myanmar has, in recent years, strengthened its focus on human capital as a development pillar, and introduced legislation and adopted conventions on child labour...

Myanmar Child labour Education reform
Working Paper
Taxation and income distribution in Myanmar: Application of a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model

Despite major public finance reform efforts over the last decade, Myanmarese public finances continue to be characterized by relative weakness in revenue collection, budget execution, and long-term sustainability...

Myanmar Tax reform Economic efficiency
Working Paper
How good are manufacturing jobs in Myanmar?: Evidence from matched employer–employee data

The quality of people’s jobs is a fundamental determinant of their well-being, and judging the state of a labour market on the basis of job quantity alone delivers a very partial picture...

job quality Productivity Working conditions
Working Paper
An economy-wide perspective on aspects of electricity supply in Myanmar

Myanmar’s economy has experienced political and economic transformations since 2011 by means of diverse economic reforms. However, the power sector is still struggling to fulfil electricity demand...

economy-wide perspective Social Accounting Matrix Multiplier analysis
Working Paper
Good business practices improve productivity in Myanmar’s manufacturing sector: Evidence from two matched employer–employee surveys

We look into the relationship between business practices and enterprise productivity using panel data with matched employer and employee information from Myanmar...

Business Management Productivity
Working Paper
Traditional and modern employee benefits in Myanmar’s manufacturing sector

Employer-provided benefits are independent elements in the compensation packages that make up firms’ payment strategies. Such benefits are aimed at attracting and retaining preferred employees and improving incentives...

compensation packages employee benefits Labour law
Working Paper
Informality and firm performance in Myanmar

Using a novel panel survey of enterprises in Myanmar, we compare the performance of manufacturing firms by three different informality definitions. The first is binary, based on whether firms pay taxes...

Firms Informality Myanmar
Workshop
Training on statistical software Stata in Myanmar

As part of the Towards inclusive development in Myanmar programme, an introductory course to Stata and to data extraction was organised for selected staff at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Six training sessions...

26 October 202016 November 2020
Online, Myanmar
Past event
Presentation
Virtual launch of the Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Survey (2019) report

A virtual launch of the Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Survey (2019) report will take place on the 1st of September 2020. The online launch event will bring together policy-makers, representatives from international organizations and...

1 September 2020
Past event
Working Paper
Agro-industry, exports, and income distribution: A multiplier decomposition analysis for Myanmar

This paper considers the impacts of agro-industry development and international trade on income distribution in Myanmar, focusing on low-income rural households...

Social Accounting Matrix Decomposition Myanmar
News
Press release: Survey finds the manufacturing sector remains instrumental for Myanmar’s economic growth and transformation

YANGON, MYANMAR and HELSINKI, FINLAND – A new report published by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the United Nations World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) says that Myanmar’s manufacturing sector...

Myanmar Myanmar enterprises monitoring system MEMS
Working Paper
Informal institutions, transaction risk, and firm productivity in Myanmar

In many low-income transition countries, where formal institutions such as courts do not function effectively, informal institutions are often used by firms to minimize transaction risks...

Firm productivity Informal institutions Relational contracting
Workshop
Training of Business Intervention Survey Training on Business Practice Intervention Survey in Myanmar
24 February 202029 February 2020
Central Statistical Organization, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Past event
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