You are cordially invited to a special seminar by Myint Thida and Kazuo Ando. The details are as follows.

Title: Rural Urban Migration and Rural Depopulation in Ayeyarwady Region: A Case Study of Three Villages in Pyarpon Township

Speakers: Dr. Myint Thida, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Yangon and CSEAS visiting research scholar & Kazuo Ando, Associate Professor, CSEAS

Date and Time: January 13th (Fri.), 2017 15:00 – 16:30

Place: Conference room (Room. No. 107) on the 1st floor of East building, CSEAS, Kyoto University

Abstract:
Rural urban migration is gaining momentum in Ayeyarwady Region and people from rural area move to urban area to get higher income and better living standard. Agriculture is major economy of the area but local people do not get sufficient income. Like other rural areas in developing countries, economic reason is a major cause that forces to move people to the urban area. In the study area, permanent, temporary and seasonal migration are found and among them, temporary migration is distinct. Number of female migrant is slightly higher than that of male due to attraction of Industrial Zone. Most migrant are in the age group of between 20 and 30 years. Education level of migrants is low and they earns as casual labour. Although they move to the urban area in the intention of supporting the family, more than half of the migrant do not support regularly because of low income and high cost of living in urban area. Problem on rural depopulation is indistinct due to high birthrate of rural area last thirty years ago. This paper tries to find out the causes of migration, to examine the socio-economic characteristics of migrants and to explore problem related to rural depopulation of the area. To present this paper, primary data collected by using semi-structured interview and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) were mainly applied. To present the paper, qualitative and quantitative mixed method was applied.