Fiscal Management in Myanmar

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“…Some scholars have examined Myanmar's budget system, processes, and procedures and made recommendations for improving them (Deshpande, 2017;Shotton, 2019); others have discussed budget decentralization and the role and budgeting processes of state and regional governments (Dickenson-Jones et al, 2015;Kyaw, 2015;Nixon & Joelene, 2014;Robertson, 2017;Shotton et al, 2016). Still others have provided an overview of and recommendations for the public finance management system (Oo et al, 2015;PEFA, 2020). However, there are only a few empirical studies on the impact of budget allocation on public service delivery performance after the Myanmar budget reform began in 2011.…”

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