Improving Health Services in Myanmar through Public Financial Management Reform
To support socioeconomic development objectives and improve service delivery, the former government of Myanmar issued a public financial management (PFM) reform strategy (2019-2022). Plans were underway to modernize PFM legal and regulatory framewo...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/312131627970434126/Improving-Health-Services-in-Myanmar-through-Public-Financial-Management-Reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36088 |
| Summary: | To support socioeconomic development
objectives and improve service delivery, the former
government of Myanmar issued a public financial management
(PFM) reform strategy (2019-2022). Plans were underway to
modernize PFM legal and regulatory frameworks, systems, and
practices to improve the efficiency of public expenditures
and services that are critical for citizens. First
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and then recent
political events in Myanmar not only disrupted service
delivery, but also emphasized the criticality of public
health service delivery. This brief offers a selective
overview of a more in-depth assessment of the health sector
conducted jointly by the former government and the World
Bank in 2020 to support this effort. While it does not take
into account the impact of political events that occurred in
February 2021, it summarizes the assessment’s central
findings and recommendations for enhancing health financing,
service delivery, and efficiency at all levels of health
care, when the conditions are right. The assessment is based
on a large survey of health practitioners, including at the frontlines. |
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