The first comprehensive survey of Burma's labour force for more than two decades is to get underway - and could pave the way for a Decent Work monitoring and reporting scheme.
Following an agreement reached last week, the Government of Myanmar and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are to team up to collect statistics that will help to formulate policies on a number of critical issues for the country - including youth employment, child labour, forced labour and social security.
The survey aims to identify areas where child labour and forced labour are prevalent in the country and help the government to address and eliminate them.
It will also work to inform the government's policy priorities under a future Decent Work country programme, the ILO said.
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) will be based on a sample drawn from the National Population Census scheduled for March 2014.
In the longer-term, the aim is also to help the Ministry of Labour and Central Statistical Organization (CSO) to collect, analyse, and disseminate reliable labour market statistics through regular labour force surveys.
Labour rights campaigners have described conditions for the average Burmese worker as "dire", with the lowest wages in the region, endemic religious and ethnic discrimination over pay, and physical and verbal abuse commonplace - along with extremely long working hours and low occupational health and safety standards.
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