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Abstract:
"This paper aims to extract lessons from development partners? engagement in Myanmar to offer suggestions
for improved subnational governance and balanced regional development. The analysis in this paper is based
on literature that describes and
evaluates past and on
-
going regional development interventions in Myanmar
by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). These interventions were all in fields of critical
importance to Myanmar?s sustainable growth
—
agriculture and rural development,
health, and infrastructure.
The lessons summarized in this paper imply that decentralization needs to be carefully designed to strike the
right balance between local preferences and national/sector policy for regional development. These lessons
suggest th
ree tasks that could be the key to finding the appropriate formula for balanced regional
development: 1) developing a mechanism for integrating ?top
-
down? and ?bottom
-
up? priorities, 2) deepening
the process of centralizing information in order to continuo
usly adjust strategic plans to match the needs
evolving on the ground, and 3) making the best use of existing institutions at all levels of the government."
Source/publisher:
Asia Foundation
Date of Publication:
2014-08-00
Date of entry:
2014-10-02
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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