Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Myanmar Current Processes and Future Priorities in Public Financial Management Reform

Abstract

The Centre for Economic and Social Development (CESD), in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), undertook this research to study the current state of subnational public finances and intergovernmental relationships. While this has been done, in part, to help expand understanding of the current state of fiscal decentralization in Myanmar, it is also hoped that this research will be useful in promoting dialogue on the challenges and opportunities that fiscal decentralization presents to Myanmar’s Union and subnational governments.