Publications

Prices of crops linked to export markets increased more because of international price changes as well as the Myanmar Kyat depreciation than crops marketed domestically.

Electricity and fuel are now overwhelmingly the largest disruptions for both mill types, overtaking banking which dominated throughout 2021.

The first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a nationally and regionally representative phone survey, was implemented between December 2021 and February 2022 with 12,100 households. This report discusses its findings related to shocks, livelihoods, coping strategies and food security. We find that almost 1 in 5 households experience physical insecurity, more than […]

More than 90% of traders reported increased transport costs, up by 74%on average over the past year, driven by fuel price increases of 168%.

Over the last year, (nominal) food costs have increased by 41 percent overall and by 39 and 42 percent in urban and rural areas, respectively.