Support for the Myanmar Economic Monitor

Assignment

The Myanmar Prosperity team is responsible for undertaking macroeconomic surveillance of Myanmar and conducting analytical studies to guide economic policy and development, including the bi-annual Myanmar Economic Monitor. However, published data can be delayed or unreliable, making traditional macroeconomic monitoring a challenge. The Lab team was asked to investigate different sources of alternative data to help fill data gaps, covering such areas as conflict monitoring, crop production monitoring, analyzing trends in nighttime lights, and understanding changing patterns of population movement.

Contents

Strategic Brief

• Data Lab Strategic Brief: Myanmar Economic Monitor

Myanmar Update 2023

• Demographics of Myanmar
• Monitoring vegetation conditions
• Nighttime Lights 2023 Analysis
• Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Analysis
• The Story of Sagaing
• Activity proxies in Myanmar
• Estimating Activity Using Mobility Data

Myanmar Update 2024

• Nighttime Lights 2024 Update
• Conflict and Nighttime Lights
• Conflict and Nighttime Lights - Updated

Additional Resources

• Additional Resources

Acknowledgements

• Project Team and Acknowledgements

Data

The following datasets are used in this assignmet. Further details about each dataset – licensing, frequency of updates, access instructions, etc. – accompany each data product in which they were used.

• ACLED - Time-stamped, geolocated points where conflicts (protests, attacks, etc.) have occured, collected globally based on news and crowdsourced data.

• BlackMarble - Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Nighttime Lights from NASA.

• MODIS - NASA’s ‘Modern Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer’ dataset, used to monitor changes in surface vegetation.

• Veraset Movement Data. Veraset Movement is an unfiltered stream of location and proximity data that Veraset has aggregated from data suppliers. The data can be requested (for purchase) through the Development Data Partnership.

Data Availability Statement

Restrictions may apply to the data that support the findings of this study. Data received from the private sector through the Development Data Partnership are subject to the terms and conditions of the data license agreement and the “Official Use Only” data classification. These data are available upon request through the Development Data Partnership. Licensing and access information for all other datasets are included in the documentation.

License

This projects is licensed under the Mozilla Public License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Code of Conduct

The World Bank Data Lab template used to create this project maintains a Code of Conduct to ensure an inclusive and respectful environment for everyone. Please adhere to it in all interactions within our community.