FOR REFERENCE As of April-May 2014 when the fieldwork was done, the exchange rate was 975 kyat to US$1so for the purpose of the report and the ease of conversion, we used the following estimate: kyat (MMK) = Myanmar’s currency 1000 kyat ~ US$1 lakh = A commonly used monetary measure 1 lakh = 100,000 kyat 1 lakh ~ US$100 Quotes Throughout this document, we used direct quotes, translated from Myanmar to English. Each quote was attributed to the participant using a pseudo name to keep their identity confidential.