Assessing the impact on household incomes and poverty of declines in remittances due to COVID-19

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International Food Policy Research Institute

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Remittances are an important income source for the poor in Myanmar, particularly for low-income rural households. This policy note focuses on the likely impact on household income and poverty in Myanmar of declines in international and domestic remittances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We used a microsimulation model to do so.

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simulation models, models, low income groups, covid-19, remittances, households, household income, smallholders, migration, poverty, rural areas

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