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    Social protection in Myanmar : making the case for holistic policy reform

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    2011
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    Nishino, Yoshimi
    Koehler, Gabriele
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    Myanmar is a country with a very low per capita income and distressing failures in nutrition, health, education, and others areas of social development. Currently, there appears to be some political softening, and in the realm of policymaking, a series of adaptations have been gradually introduced over the past three years. This paper examines vulnerability and poverty dynamics in the country and its evolving social protection framework. Building on pertinent regional examples, the paper makes the case for holistic social protection policy responses in the domains of social transfers for livelihood support and access to finance, education and health access, child protection, protection from exclusion, and as an emergency response. The outlook argues that comprehensive inclusive and ultimately transformative social protection needs to be introduced and could be within reach, as an integral part of deeper systemic reform in Myanmar. Keywords: vulnerability; poverty; social exclusion; social policy; social protection; Myanmar; Burma; Least Developed Countries.
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    Nishino, Y. & G. Koehler (2011) Social protection in Myanmar : making the case for holistic policy reform. Working paper series, 386. Brighton: IDS.
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    IDS working papers;386
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