• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.251-258
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• 2017

Shortage of trained seafarers is an issue, which many ship-owners are facing and, according to recent studies, the shortfall of both officers and rating will worsen in the next few years. The key role of seafarers is of fundamental importance in international trade, as they are the ones responsible for safely manning and operating ships. In developing countries, they also perform a strategic aspect in terms of contribution to GDP, mainly by earning foreign currency and increasing national consumption of goods and services. Myanmar is still considered a developing country with an economy, which has only recently started growing steady. It is also one of the major seafarers supplying nations and the contribution, which seafarers have on the national GDP may be particularly significant in comparison to other countries. This study aims at investigating seafarers' impact towards the Myanmar national economy. The paper describes the status of Myanmar seafarers, and the seafarers' current and forecasted impact towards the Myanmar economy through a regression model. The study concludes with recommendations to make Myanmar seafarers more competitive internationally and increase their economic contribution nationally.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.146-170
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• 2020

Purpose - This paper addresses the concepts of FDI-Trade-Growth nexus in Myanmar's economy and empirically investigates the interrelationships of trade, investment and economic growth to reveal the growth model of Myanmar's economy. Additionally, this paper also addresses the cooperative strategies between Myanmar and South Korea through a case study related to South Korea's economic growth. Design/methodology - Our empirical model considers the interrelationship among FDI, trade, growth, labor force and inflation in Myanmar. This study employs ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) to conduct an analysis of the FDI-Trade-Growth relationships using the time series data from 1970 to 2016 and a conducted case study of South Korea provided for practical implication on cooperative strategies between Myanmar and Korea. Findings - Export equation was chosen through the diagnostic tests. Our main findings can be summarized as follows: Export in Myanmar is positively influenced by labor force, FDI, capital formation and negatively impacted by import and instable inflation rate in the long run. In the short run, GDP and import positively influence export. The Granger causality test proves that Myanmar is an FDI/labor force-led Growth economy, where FDI and labor force are main drivers of export followed by GDP in Myanmar. The case study of South Korea provided that Korea's tax and credit system for promoting export-led FDI industries and cooperative units for joint ventures between Korea and Myanmar in export-led FDI industries are recommended. Originality/value - No study has yet to be conducted on the interrelationships of macroeconomic factors from the perspectives of FDI-Trade-Growth Nexus in Myanmar under the assumption of labor force and inflation rate as fundamental conditions. The current study also covered a relatively longer period of time series data from 1970 to 2016. This paper also conducts a case study of South Korea's experience in order to evaluate the findings and provide better policy implications.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.41-63
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• 2017

외국인 직접투자는 국내투자와 함께 생산과정에 흡수되어 생산유발효과를 창출할 수도 있고, 아니면 외부요인으로 존재하면서 GDP의 변동성을 키우는 경우도 있다. 이러한 외국인 투자의 상이한 역할에 대하여 연구하는 것이 본 논문의 목적이다. 경제이론으로는 내생적 성장론을 사용하였고, 통계분석방법으로는 GARCH와 VAR모형을 이용하였다. 실증연구 대상으로는 미얀마를 선택하였는데, 미얀마는 장기간 군사정부 상태로 있었고 2011년 4월 민선정부가 출범하였다. 군사독재정부시절에는 외국인 직접투자는 주로 석유 가스와 전력산업에 투입되었고, 2011년 문민정부로 전환됨과 동시에 서방의 경제제재가 완화되면서 외국인 직접투자가 동남아에서 가장 활발한 국가이다. 한국도 이에 동참하고 있어 미얀마 국가의 경제발전과 한국과 미얀마의 경제적 상호관계의 발전을 위하여 본 연구가 필요하다. 산업별 패널분석의 결과에 의하면, 미얀마에서 외국인 투자가 주로 이루어진 산업은 석유 가스 부분인데, 산업유발효과보다는 수입을 위한 달러조달의 의미가 크다. 생산유발효과가 높은 제조업에는 외국인 직접투자는 낮은 수준이고 생산량 변화와의 관계를 찾을 수가 없었다. 시계열 분석은 결과는 민선정부 출범이전 기간(2006.01~2011.12)에서는 GARCH의 존재가 확인되지만 외국인 직접투자가 미얀마 국내총생산에 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 판단되었다. 민선정부 출범이후 기간(2011.04~2015.12)에서는 외국인 직접투자가 미얀마 국내총생산에 영향을 주는 것으로 판단되었고, GARCH의 존재가 확인되었다. 그러나 외국인 직접투자가 국내총생산에 기여하는 정도는 상당히 낮은 것으로 판단되었다. 그랜저 인과관계 검증을 통하여 GARCH에 외국인 직접투자가 영향을 주는 것으로 추정되었는데, 이는 외국인 직접투자가 국내총생산의 변동성을 키운 것을 의미한다. VAR에 의하여도 외국인 직접투자가 국내 총생산에 영향을 주지만 그 영향은 적고 기간도 길지 않았다. 본 연구에 의하여 외국인 직접투자는 국내총생산에 내부화되는 부분과 잔차항의 변화를 증대시키는 부분으로 구분될 수 있다는 사고가 검증되었고, 미얀마의 경우는 후자가 더 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.267-278
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• 2020

The heterogeneity and complexity of malaria involves political and natural environments, socioeconomic development, cross-border movement, and vector biology; factors that cannot be changed in a short time. This study aimed to assess the impact of economic growth and cross-border movement, toward elimination of malaria in Yunnan Province during its pre-elimination phase. Malaria data during 2011-2016 were extracted from 18 counties of Yunnan and from 7 villages, 11 displaced person camps of the Kachin Special Region II of Myanmar. Data of per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) were obtained from Yunnan Bureau of Statistics. Data were analyzed and mapped to determine spatiotemporal heterogeneity at county and village levels. There were a total 2,117 malaria cases with 85.2% imported cases; most imported cases came from Myanmar (78.5%). Along the demarcation line, malaria incidence rates in villages/camps in Myanmar were significantly higher than those of the neighboring villages in China. The spatial and temporal trends suggested that increasing per-capita GDP may have an indirect effect on the reduction of malaria cases when observed at macro level; however, malaria persists owing to complex, multi-faceted factors including poverty at individual level and cross-border movement of the workforce. In moving toward malaria elimination, despite economic growth, cooperative efforts with neighboring countries are critical to interrupt local transmission and prevent reintroduction of malaria via imported cases. Cross-border workers should be educated in preventive measures through effective behavior change communication, and investment is needed in active surveillance systems and novel diagnostic and treatment services during the elimination phase.