UNU WIDER : Building a Social Accounting Matrix for Myanmar: Hands-on experience workshop

Building a Social Accounting Matrix for Myanmar

Hands-on experience workshop

A two-week training course took place at the Development Economics Research Group (DERG) at the University of Copenhagen to develop a prototype 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Myanmar.

With support from the Danish Embassy in Myanmar and as a part of the research collaboration between the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) in Myanmar and UNU-WIDER, policymakers and officials from the CSO joined Dirk Van Seventer and the team at DERG for a two-week, hands-on workshop to develop a prototype SAM for Myanmar.

Six Myanmar collaborators, including staff from the CSO, the Ministry of Planning and Finance, and the Department of Labour attended the workshop. The event was an extension of an economy-wide impact analysis training which took place in Myanmar in May 2019.

Using additional features, participants focused on price and supply constraints and undertook both descriptive and multiplier analyses using the newly developed models. During the workshop, existing data was carefully reviewed and used to develop a prototype 2015 SAM. Participants were also introduced to Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling, training that will be further enhanced throughout 2020. Furthermore, a fully developed 2017 SAM with new and updated data was planned for the end of 2019.

Team

Focal point: Finn Tarp

Research fellow: John Rand

Project Assistant: Kati Hirvonen

IN PARTNERSHIP

Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar

University of Copenhagen

Financial support from Danida

29 July 2019 – 9 August 2019

Development Economics Research Group (DERG) at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Finn Tarp

Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow

Professor Tarp has four decades of experience in academic and applied development economics research and teaching. His field experience covers more than two decades of in-country work in 35 countries across Africa and the developing world more...

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A Pre-Prototype 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Myanmar

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