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The Labour Gap

Thailand's Migrant Workforce Dependency and the Cambodia-Myanmar Labour-Supply Shock

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Thailand's migrant labour dependency is a genuine, quantifiable structural exposure. MSA's report uses the Cambodian exodus as a live case study, models Myanmar concentration risk, and provides a 90-day due-diligence framework for any operator with Thailand labour exposure.

MSA INVESTMENT VIEW08 / 2026
MATTHEWS
Strategic Advisory
The Labour Gap
Thailand's Migrant Workforce Dependency and the Cambodia-Myanmar Labour-Supply Shock
24 pages23 sections

What's Inside

KEY FIGURES

Myanmar Workers2.27m registered
Cambodian Departures~780k since 2025
Thailand Unemployment0.93%
01

The Cambodian Exodus

A live case study in how quickly a labour pool built on proximity can disperse.

02

The Myanmar Return Scenarios

500k/1.5m/2.5m scenarios with real financial and operational translation.

03

MSA Sector Risk-Ranking

A qualitative framework for which sectors carry the highest genuine exposure.

04

Workforce Resilience Scorecard

Seven concrete dimensions to assess your own operation's exposure.

05

90-Day Due-Diligence Framework

Map, stress-test, and mitigate — a practical framework, not just analysis.

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MSA Research, Matthews Strategic Advisory — Bangkok, Thailand & Hong Kong