Myanmar – Rapid Asia Co., Ltd.

A protester in Bangkok in October (2022), the sign featuring causes spanning Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and India (Geem Drake via Getty Images)

22Apr2025

Youth Civic Space in Asia-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is home to over 60% of the world’s youth population, positioning youth as key drivers of social and political change. However, the state of youth civic participation in APAC varies widely across a spectrum…

26Mar2025

Effectiveness of Bilateral Memoranda of Understanding on Employment Cooperation with the Governments of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Myanmar

In 2022, Rapid Asia conducted the End-line Evaluation for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) project…

30Jan2024

Why employers risk employing undocumented migrants

Most of the migrants in Thailand are from Myanmar and have been coming to the country since the economic boom between 1987 and 1996….

12Dec2023

Encouraging regular migration from Myanmar to Thailand

Following the economic boom between 1987 and 1996, Thailand experienced large-scale labour migration from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. Today, most of the migrants…

12Dec2023

Seeking opportunities elsewhere: Exploring the lives and challenges of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand

In early 2023, Rapid Asia has contributed in a Seeking opportunities elsewhere: Exploring the lives and challenges of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand project…

23Sep2021

Impact of COVID-19 on low skilled workers

Photo credit: Hamilton Medical To better understand working conditions in a labour market and help better inform interventions and measure progress on labour conditions,…

24Aug2021

Protecting vulnerable workers from wage theft

Photo credit: ILO / Marcel Crozet To better understand working conditions in a labour market and help better inform interventions and measure progress towards decent…