A Review of the Anthropological Research Outcomes

This paper intends to describe the present research outcomes of Department of Anthropology, University of Yangon. It is composed of two sections: (I) Ethnographic research outcomes and (2) Cultural research outcomes of Anthropologists from Department of Anthropology. In this paper, "Why should we regard ethnographic research outcomes as our national tangible and intangible cultural heritage?" and "How should we maintain these outcomes as our national tangible and intangible cultural heritage?" will be demonstrated. In our country, there are over one hundred ethnic groups or nationals. All can identify their images, attitude, beliefs and value systems openly. In other words, every national has a chance to practice, maintain and transmit their tradition, custom, and culture that are important to understand how they try to adapt to their environment for their survival. As the research outcomes how they apply and modify their natural resources, cultural resources and intangible cultural resources as their heritages will be mentioned

The Role of Agricultural Credit and Microfinance A Case of Kan Gyi Gone Village

An important question to microfinance is the effect of agricultural sector in rural areas. This research presents evidence from field experiments in Kan Gyi Gone village in which currently use the type of agricultural credit and microfinance. The villagers can provide their cost of living mainly based on agricultural. In village, demand and supply of microfinance are currently enough for farmers and they have strong repayment rate. The key challenge of farmers is to get water supply for cultivated crops. Some also find not having insurance program, rural non farm sector and unaware about group liability effect on loan repayment