This project will support training and mentoring for emerging professionals, mostly women, who have worked in government and/or non-governmental organizations, are pursuing or have completed a graduate degree on public policy, public administration, or other relevant social science, and are aiming to improve their capacity for policy analysis.

Senior faculty from universities in Thailand (the Asian Institute of Technology and Chiang Mai University), Canada (the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning-McGill University and the University of British Columbia), and the U.S. (University of Southern California) will strengthen the capacity of more than 150 young professionals and faculty from across Myanmar. The training will be focused on practical, hands-on tools in policy analysis rooted in the social sciences, and will include training in gender research, social policy, economic development policy, and public policy and political economy. The university partners will also provide continued mentoring through the supervision of individual policy research projects.

Lead Partner

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Outputs

An analysis of benefits to women from different financial services : case study in Meiktila district, Mandalay region

Pwing Phyu Aung;Yi Yi Win;Khin Thandar Hlaing;Nay Nay AungDepartment of Economics, Yangon University of Economics In developing countries, governmental and...
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Will GAD efforts work without a stable democracy in Myanmar?

Gender in Myanmar Gender inclusion concerns have been widespread among organizations working for Myanmar’s humanitarian and social development after cyclone...
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Qualitative study of parental perceptions of barriers & enablers of girls’ education in Monywa, Myanmar

Khin Thida Nyein; Thida Htay; May Zin Oo; Khin Mar Cho Department of Economics, Yangon University of Economics The gender...
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A sustained effort to foster evidence-based decision-making in Myanmar

September 24, 2019 Research in Action article from IDRC IDRC Over the course of its near 50-year history, IDRC has...
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