Myanmar

The capital and main city is Yangon.
The official language is Burmese
Area: 261,228 sq mi (approx. 3x the size of the State of Michigan)
Population approx. 52 million in 2014
Climate: Myanmar lies in the monsoon region of Asia, with its coastal regions receiving over 5,000 mm (196.9 in) of rain annually

Fun Fact: Myanmar has the largest book in the world. The book is situated in Kuthodaw pagoda in Mandalay. It has 1460 pages and 730 leaves. Each page is 107cm (3.51 ft) wide, 13cm (5.1 in) thick and 153cm (5.02 ft) tall!

Main Research Themes

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Measuring Hope: A Quantitative Approach with Validation in Rural Myanmar

Published on October 13, 2017
Bloem, J., Boughton, D., Htoo, K., Hein, A., and Payongayong, E. Journal of Development Studies, October 2017
Myanmar’s Changing Rural Economy: Evidence from the Delta & Dry Zone

Published on October 2, 2017
Benjamin Belton, LIFT Donor Retreat, Yangon, October 2, 2017
Fish Farms and Land Confiscation in the Ayeyarwady Delta: History, Impact and Prospects for Restitution

Published on August 3, 2017
SiuSue Mark. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 44.
Crop Production and Profitability in Ayeyarwady and Yangon

Published on August 1, 2017
Ame Cho, Ben Belton and Duncan Boughton, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 66.
The Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy

Published on June 30, 2017
Mateusz Filipski and Ben Belton, USAID Burma and LIFT, Sedona Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar, June 30, 2017