Takahashi's field survey was conducted during the initial phase of Myanmar's economic transition.Even though industrialization has not progressed very far since then, the movement of goods, people and capital has been brisk. In line with the increase in overseas migration, it is highly likely that intrarural migration is also increasing – in scale as well as in area covered. However, due to the absence of sufficient and reliable statistics for grasping and analyzing the whole picture of domestic labour movement, it is necessary to accumulate evidence from case studies.