Since traffic congestion in Yangon has worsened due to the rise in internal migration, Myanmar has plans to speed up its railway sector reforms from this year onwards, according to a government official. Ba Myint, senior general manager and project director at Myanma Railways, said state-owned trains carried more than 47 million passengers last year, […]
World Bank Report : A Country on the Move – Domestic Migration in Two Regions of Myanmar
December 2, 2016 by
Since 2012, Myanmar has seen the beginning of a structural transformation away from agriculture and toward a more urban, industrial, and service-based economy. These patterns have the potential to have a significant impact on the landless and land-poor workers who account for a large part of the rural workforce. This report, part of the Qualitative Social […]
