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What should be the focus areas of
Oxfam's sustainable livelihoods future
work in Myanmar ...........its success

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• Vulnerability and context
• Why and how this matter to Myanmar?
• SL Framework
• Natural Capital
• Financial Capital
• Human capital
• Social Capital
• Physical capital
• Livelihood strategy
• Livelihood outcome
• How to ensure engagement of all stakeholders
The Presentation Framework

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SL Framework
Policies
Institutions
Processes
Vulnerability
Context
Shocks
Seasonality
Trends
Changes
influence
Livelihood
Strategies
Livelihood
Outcomes
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ASSETS
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Vulnerable context
• 6 decades of political unrest and conflict
• Consistent disaster (Tsunami, Cyclone, Drought &
adverse climate change effect)
• Reduced eco system (loss of mangrove and degraded
natural resource base)
• Land use pattern, land possession and usage issue
• Poor growth in agri, dairy and fishing value chain
• Inadequate financial services
• Poor social protection mechanism
• Limited private sector participation

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Financial
Capital
Social
Capital
Physical
Capital
Human
Capital
Natural
Capital
Physical Capital
• Road and communication
• Ports
• Small Check dams
• Tools & infrastructure
agriculture and ilivestock
Social Capital
• Strong associational networks
(Fishing groups, Farmers group)
• Social groups
• strong kinship and friend links
• Tradition of mutual exchanges
Outcome = extreme reduction of the pentagon of the livelihood assets.
Human Capital
• Working capacity
• Skill based education
• Improved technical capabilities
Natural Capital
• Land
• Water
• Forest
• Long cost line
Financial Capital
• Agriculture based livelihood
• Income from industries,
Mining and remittance
Sustainable Livelihood asset: The inner pentagon
describes limited availability of the capital

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Livelihood strategy for Oxfam in Myanmar
• Resilient and diversified livelihood promotion:
(Agriculture and non farm based livelihood)
• Keeping Humanitarian assistance (food security) with
focus on market based intervention/ social safety net.
• Promotion of Value chain development and Market
access approach: Fishing, Agri and NRM based value
chain.
• Access to credit, capital and insurance (other
financial services)
• Private sector engagement (vocational skill
development and value chain improvement)

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Stakeholders
Cross cutting: Climate Change Adaptation and
Gender Enterprise Market approach)
• Small holders (marginal and small farmers)
• Small producer (fishing and livestock keepers)
• Women and youth small entrepreneurs
• Most vulnerable communities (excluded)
• CSO (NGO and INGOs)
• Bank and Fis
• Private sectors
• Government institutions

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How can we ensure engagement of all
stakeholders
• Partnership with Government agencies, local NGOs, Networks
considering comparative advantages.
• Outreach, access and sustainability
• Engagement with Private sectors (Business model- such as micro
insurance, fishing value chain, agribusiness etc)
• Pilot (innovation), Replication and Scale up
• Evidence based advocacy, lobby, influence and positive change:
• Land reform (starting as pilot through local level to influence in the
country level)
• Use of renewable energy
• Low cost rainfed agriculture
• Water security
• Skill mission
• Creation of network environment and consortium approach
(greater synergy and wider impact).

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Outcome (agriculture value chain)
Assure
income and
food security
Input
• Improved seed
• Technology
• Training and extension
• Market access and
improvement in value
chain (harvest, storage,
transport and market
Output
• Assured income and livelihood
• Food security
Low cost rainfed agriculture

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Thanks
Reflection and Questions!