Paul Minoletti
Paul Minoletti is an independent researcher based in Myanmar. From 2012 to 2015 he was a Research Coordinator at the Centre for Economic and Social Development (CESD) of the Myanmar Development Resource Institute (MDRI) in Yangon. During his time at MDRI-CESD he worked on a wide range of economic, social and governance issues, including: women’s participation in governance; migration; labour; public finances; and trade and investment. Prior to joining MDRI-CESD he taught English to Myanmar refugees in Thailand. He attained a doctorate in Economic and Social History from the University of Oxford in 2011.
Content by Paul Minoletti
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Publication - Policy Brief
Coping with COVID 19: Protecting lives, employment, and incomes in Myanmar
The Government of Myanmar (GoM) is quite constrained in the extent to which it can provide effective and well-targeted economic support to workers, households, and businesses. Therefore, GoM should be very cautious of introducing health measures that have a large negative impact on economic activity, employment, and incomes. Short-term employment and labour...
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Project
Policy options for Government of Myanmar to provide economic support to households in response to COVID-19
Myanmar has already experienced significant economic impacts as a result of COVID-19, due to both domestic and international effects. Some areas of the economy have been particularly badly affected, such as tourism, manufacturing, and remittances. Going forward, there remains a high level of uncertainty about the development of the pandemic in Myanmar and around the world,...
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Publication - Project Report
Coping with COVID-19: Protecting lives, employment, and incomes in Myanmar
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Publication - Policy Brief
Policy brief: Coronavirus response policy needs and opportunities
This policy brief discusses essential medical, implementation, economic and social, and political considerations for the Government of Myanmar (GoM), civil society organisations (CSOs), and religious leaders in collaboratively responding to the challenges posed by coronavirus to Myanmar. The issues explored here are explained in more detail in an accompanying full-length...
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Publication - Miscellaneous
Policy report: Coronavirus policy response needs and options for Myanmar
Coronavirus is now confirmed to be present in Myanmar, and the actual number of infections is likely to be considerably higher than just the small number of cases (five as of March 27th, 2020) confirmed so far. Within hours of the presence of coronavirus being confirmed in Myanmar, some residents in Yangon were engaging in panic-buying, a small indication of some of the...
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Project
Support to ethnic armed organisations' Economic Working Committee for peace negotiations
Sustainable peace arrangements should be built upon sound economic principles. This project supported those groups who have so far signed up to Myanmar’s National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) to identify common economic issues throughout the country’s regions, and how they can best be addressed by both national and regional governments. For such an ethnically...
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Publication - Project Report
Key economic issues for Myanmar’s peace negotiations
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Project
Supporting project development processes in Mandalay
In 2016, the International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Comprehensive Education Development Center (CDEC) together with the USAID-Supported Private Sector Development Activity prepared a report for the Mandalay Regional Government (MRG) and the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) entitled “Promoting Inclusive Growth by Subnational Governments through Projects”....
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Publication - Project Report
Fiscal decentralisation and national reconciliation in Myanmar - Key issues and avenues for reform (Myanmar version)
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Publication - Project Report
Fiscal decentralisation and national reconciliation in Myanmar - Key issues and avenues for reform
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Project
Decentralisation and broader political economy
Since 2011 Myanmar has begun a limited process of decentralisation, and there are pressures for this to be taken further. This project outlined the current level and form of fiscal and administrative decentralisation in Myanmar, and the priorities and challenges for reform. The objectives of decentralisation need to be more clearly defined, and greater attention...