Author: Dolly Kyaw
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Diss. no.RD-06-01
Year: 2006
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (Ph.D.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2006
Examination Committee: Jayant Kumar Routray (Chairperson); Soparth Pongquan, Kyoko Kusakabe, Ram M. Shrestha(Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The Dry Zone, one of the poverty-stricken areas in Myanmar, occupied approximately 13 percent of the country’s total land area. About 23 percent of the total population lives in this region and the majority of population rely on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihoods. The upland area of the study suffers from land degradation and receives low annual rainfall ranging from 500 to 800 mm, with high variability and frequent occurrences of drought. It is an accepted fact that rural poverty situation in Myanmar is not fully understood, due to lack of appropriate data and weak political interest in the situation. A limited number of poverty related studies are available at national and local levels but are rather inadequate in providing the real situation of poverty in Myanmar. The national/regional poverty lines are not set up. Poverty estimation even as per the international poverty line (one dollar per person per day) is still unavailable in Myanmar. The broad objective of this study is to make a comprehensive rural poverty study in the dry zone of Myanmar focusing on the gender dimension and developing strategies and programs for combating poverty. Information was collected from primary and secondary sources. Primary information was collected through household survey, observation, group discussions, key informants interview and reconnaissance survey. Secondary information was collected from relevant government offices, UNDP, books, journals, maps and reports. Firstly, the Cost of Basic Needs method was used in constructing the food poverty line in accordance with the recommended daily energy intake of 2100 calorie per capita per day. The food poverty line was estimated at 215 Kyats per person per day and non-food poverty line was estimated at 37 Kyats per person per day. Without household size adjustment, the headcount Index (HCI) of female-headed households (57 percent) was higher than the HCI of male-headed households (39 percent) in the study area by applying absolute poverty line of 252 Kyats p
Scholarship Donor(s): Katholischer Akademischer Auslander-Dienst
Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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