Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024
This research note examines changes in food prices and their effects on the cost of both common and healthy diets, as well as on the purchasing power of casual wages. Data on food prices and casual wage levels were collected through interviews with food vendors in rural and urban areas across Myanma...
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| author | Minten, Bart Aung, Zin Wai Zu, A Myint Mahrt, Kristi |
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| description | This research note examines changes in food prices and their effects on the cost of both common and healthy diets, as well as on the purchasing power of casual wages. Data on food prices and casual wage levels were collected through interviews with food vendors in rural and urban areas across Myanmar, conducted between December 2021 and December 2024 as part of the ongoing Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1756012025-11-06T05:34:19Z Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024 Minten, Bart Aung, Zin Wai Zu, A Myint Mahrt, Kristi food prices inflation remuneration surveys This research note examines changes in food prices and their effects on the cost of both common and healthy diets, as well as on the purchasing power of casual wages. Data on food prices and casual wage levels were collected through interviews with food vendors in rural and urban areas across Myanmar, conducted between December 2021 and December 2024 as part of the ongoing Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS). 2025-07-10 2025-07-10T15:56:09Z 2025-07-10T15:56:09Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175601 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Minten, Bart; Aung, Zin Wai; Zu, A Myint; and Mahrt, Kristi. 2025. Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024. Myanmar SSP Research Note 122. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175601 |
| spellingShingle | food prices inflation remuneration surveys Minten, Bart Aung, Zin Wai Zu, A Myint Mahrt, Kristi Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024 |
| title | Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024 |
| title_full | Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024 |
| title_fullStr | Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024 |
| title_short | Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024 |
| title_sort | wages of the poor and food price inflation insights from the myanmar household welfare survey in q4 2024 |
| topic | food prices inflation remuneration surveys |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175601 |
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