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Discussion paper

Whose Crops, At What Price? Agricultural investment in Myanmar

04/02/2017

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48 pages long

Languages: English

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After years of international isolation, Myanmar is liberalizing its economy and seeking to attract foreign investment. But while foreign investment can play an important role in developing the country’s agriculture sector, in the current environment of limited transparency and accountability, an increase in agribusiness investments poses serious risks to the livelihoods of small-scale farmers and […]

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Briefing paper

Made in Myanmar: Entrenched poverty or decent jobs for garment workers?

09/12/2015

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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In Myanmar, the garment industry is booming thanks to an upsurge in investment by international brands, but garment workers are facing tough conditions. According to new research from Oxfam and labour rights groups in Myanmar, garment workers are working up to 11 hours a day, six days a week, but remain trapped in poverty. Following […]

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Issue briefing

In Work But Trapped in Poverty: A summary of five studies conducted by Oxfam, with updates on progress along the road to a living wage

29/09/2015

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam believes that access to decent work on a living wage is a fundamental pathway out of poverty, and one of the best ways to counter growing inequality. This summary of recent Oxfam research in Morocco, Kenya, Malawi, Vietnam and Myanmar paints a picture of workers, mostly women, who are working hard but trapped in […]

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Journal article

Workers’ rights and corporate accountability – the move towards practical, worker-driven change for sportswear workers in Indonesia

23/03/2012

16 pages long

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Workers’ rights and corporate accountability – the move towards practical, worker-driven change for sportswear workers in Indonesia

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Women workers across Asia and throughout the world continue to face long hours, low wages and discrimination when they try to organise into unions within garment and footwear factories. Millions of young women are making products for companies Nike and Adidas. Over the past decade, under considerable public pressure, these companies have developed standards on […]

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Whose Crops, At What Price? Agricultural investment in Myanmar

Made in Myanmar: Entrenched poverty or decent jobs for garment workers?

In Work But Trapped in Poverty: A summary of five studies conducted by Oxfam, with updates on progress along the road to a living wage

Workers’ rights and corporate accountability – the move towards practical, worker-driven change for sportswear workers in Indonesia