Sustainable Livelihood approach in Myanmar

What should be the focus areas of Oxfam's sustainable livelihoods future

work in Myanmar ...........its success

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• Vulnerability and context

• Why and how this matter to Myanmar?

• SL Framework

• Natural Capital

• Financial Capital

• Human capital

• Social Capital

• Physical capital

• Livelihood strategy

• Livelihood outcome

• How to ensure engagement of all stakeholders

The Presentation Framework

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SL Framework

Policies

Institutions

Processes

Vulnerability

Context

Shocks

Seasonality

Trends

Changes

influence Livelihood

Strategies

Livelihood

Outcomes

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ASSETS

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P

S

F

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Vulnerable context

• 6 decades of political unrest and conflict

• Consistent disaster (Tsunami, Cyclone, Drought &

adverse climate change effect)

• Reduced eco system (loss of mangrove and degraded

natural resource base)

• Land use pattern, land possession and usage issue

• Poor growth in agri, dairy and fishing value chain

• Inadequate financial services

• Poor social protection mechanism

• Limited private sector participation

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Financial Capital

Social

Capital

Physical

Capital

Human

Capital

Natural Capital

Physical Capital

• Road and communication

• Ports

• Small Check dams

• Tools & infrastructure

agriculture and ilivestock

Social Capital

• Strong associational networks

(Fishing groups, Farmers group)

• Social groups

• strong kinship and friend links

• Tradition of mutual exchanges

Outcome = extreme reduction of the pentagon of the livelihood assets.

Human Capital

• Working capacity

• Skill based education

• Improved technical capabilities

Natural Capital

• Land

• Water

• Forest

• Long cost line

Financial Capital

• Agriculture based livelihood

• Income from industries,

Mining and remittance

Sustainable Livelihood asset: The inner pentagon

describes limited availability of the capital

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Livelihood strategy for Oxfam in Myanmar

• Resilient and diversified livelihood promotion:

(Agriculture and non farm based livelihood)

• Keeping Humanitarian assistance (food security) with

focus on market based intervention/ social safety net.

• Promotion of Value chain development and Market

access approach: Fishing, Agri and NRM based value

chain.

• Access to credit, capital and insurance (other

financial services)

• Private sector engagement (vocational skill

development and value chain improvement)

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Stakeholders

Cross cutting: Climate Change Adaptation and

Gender Enterprise Market approach)

• Small holders (marginal and small farmers)

• Small producer (fishing and livestock keepers)

• Women and youth small entrepreneurs

• Most vulnerable communities (excluded)

• CSO (NGO and INGOs)

• Bank and Fis

• Private sectors

• Government institutions

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How can we ensure engagement of all

stakeholders

• Partnership with Government agencies, local NGOs, Networks

considering comparative advantages.

• Outreach, access and sustainability

• Engagement with Private sectors (Business model- such as micro

insurance, fishing value chain, agribusiness etc)

• Pilot (innovation), Replication and Scale up

• Evidence based advocacy, lobby, influence and positive change:

• Land reform (starting as pilot through local level to influence in the

country level)

• Use of renewable energy

• Low cost rainfed agriculture

• Water security

• Skill mission

• Creation of network environment and consortium approach

(greater synergy and wider impact).

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Outcome (agriculture value chain)

Assure

income and

food security

Input

• Improved seed

• Technology

• Training and extension

• Market access and

improvement in value

chain (harvest, storage,

transport and market

Output

• Assured income and livelihood

• Food security

Low cost rainfed agriculture

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Thanks

Reflection and Questions!