48206-001: Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
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Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report Project Number: 48206-001 Regional—Capacity Development Technical Assistance (R-CDTA) January 2018 Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (Phase 2) Prepared by Emerging Markets Consulting Phnom Penh, Cambodia For the Asian Development Bank This consultant’s report does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB or the Government concerned, and ADB and the Government cannot be held liable for its contents. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 1 Jan 2018) Currency Unit – kyat (MMK) MMK1.00 = $0.000739 $1.00 = MMK1,354 NOTE{S} In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. An analysis of the potential market for goods made from recycled materials -Findings “A background study prepared by EMC for Future Cities Future Women Initiative activities in Mandalay: ADB TA 8797 - REG” EMC, Jose Vahl JAN 2018 1 | P a g e ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank FCFW Future Cities Future Women Initiative FCP Future Cities Program FGD Focus Group Discussion GDP Gross Domestic Product KII Key Informant Interviews MCDC Mandalay City Development Committee MUSIP Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project NEED Network for Environmental and Economic Development NGO Non Governmental Organisation TOR Terms of Reference WTTC World Trade & Travel Council YCDC Yangon City Development Committee 2 | P a g e Contents 1. Background to the study ....................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Future Cities, Future Women ........................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Purpose and methodology of the assignment .............................................................................. 5 1.3 Data Collection .............................................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Structure of the report .................................................................................................................. 7 2. The Supply Side ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Waste ............................................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 Waste collectors ............................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 Recyclable materials ................................................................................................................... 10 3. The demand side ................................................................................................................................. 13 3.1 Tourists ........................................................................................................................................ 13 4. Comparable handicraft products (competition) ................................................................................. 16 4.1 SWOT Analysis of Recycled handicrafts ...................................................................................... 21 5. Conclusions ......................................................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Possible Future Direction ............................................................................................................ 23 5.2 The Business Canvas for Mandalay recycling.............................................................................. 24 5.2.1 Handicrafts (Bags / Wallets / Storage / Jewelry) ................................................................ 25 5.2.2 Skills training ....................................................................................................................... 27 6. ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................................. 29 6.1 Annex: terms of reference .......................................................................................................... 29 6.2 Annex: list of key informants ...................................................................................................... 31 6.3 Annex: MCDC waste collection model and challenges ............................................................... 34 6.3.1 Annex: MCDC housing and informal sorting area at Thingazar Creek ................................ 35 6.3.2 Annex: the largest collector of recyclable materials in Mandalay city. .............................. 36 6.4 Annex: Travel & Tourism – further details .................................................................................. 37 6.4.1 Annex: WTTC and the contribution to GDP ........................................................................ 37 6.4.2 Annex: Travel and Tourism in Myanmar compared to region ............................................ 38 6.5 Annex: small tourist survey – more details ................................................................................. 41 6.6 Annex: recycled products (worldwide internet examples) ......................................................... 42 6.7 Annex: Yangon – description of comparable recycled handicraft enterprises ........................... 45 6.7.1 Annex: Yangon – product pictures of recycled handicraft products .................................. 47 6.7.1 Annex: Yangon – description of Retail outlets of recycled handicraft products ................ 49 6.7.2 Annex: Yangon - other handicraft production .................................................................... 51 6.7.1 Annex: Mandalay – product pictures of traditional handicraft and retail outlet ............... 52 3 | P a g e 6.8 Annex: Thailand –description of recycled handicrafts and retail outlets ................................... 53 6.8.1 Annex: ThaiCraft.................................................................................................................. 53 6.8.1 Annex: BOPE........................................................................................................................ 54 6.9 Annex: Cambodia - description of recycled handicrafts and retail outlets ................................ 56 6.9.1 Annex: Cambodia – product pictures of recycled handicraft products .............................. 59 6.9.1 Annex: Cambodia – description of Sales facilitation of (recycled) handicraft products ..... 63 6.10 Annex: business canvas on a composting pilot ........................................................................... 65 6.11 Annex: policies on women economic development and environment ...................................... 67 6.11.1 Annex: vision for Myanmar- from the tourism master plan ............................................... 68 Table 1 Overview of amount of waste in Yangon and Mandalay ................................................................. 8 Table 2 The waste composition in Mandalay, 2016 (MCDC, 2016) .............................................................. 8 Table 3 MCDC waste collection resources Mandalay (2016)........................................................................ 8 Table 4 Characteristics of the street sweepers in Mandalay (from interviews) ........................................... 9 Table 5 Recyclable and non recyclables - from the streets in Mandalay ................................................... 10 Table 6 End destination of recyclables from the streets of Mandalay ....................................................... 11 Table 7 The prices at street collectors level for recycling materials ........................................................... 12 Table 8 Travel and Tourism Impact on Myanmar, 2017 ............................................................................. 13 Table 9 Overview of Country of origin of Survey participants .................................................................... 15 Table 10 Souvenirs bought during the holiday Table 11 The price of the souvenirs (per product) ...... 16 Table 12 Some comparable products from recycled materials available in Yangon .................................. 17 Figure 1 Hla Day shop and Retail outlet in Marketplace, Yangon .............................................................. 18 Figure 2 Products in Cambodia made from recycled materials .................................................................. 19 Figure 3 Example of down cycled plastic into upcycled products .............................................................. 20 Figure 4 The Business Canvas ..................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 5 Business Canvas - Handicrafts ....................................................................................................... 25 Figure 6 Overview of products made from recycled materials (as example) ............................................. 26 Figure 7 Potential customers segments and their needs ........................................................................... 26 Figure 8 Business Canvas - compost ........................................................................................................... 65 Figure 9 Community Composting - examples of tools ................................................................................ 66 4 | P a g e 1. Background to the study 1.1 Future Cities,